Topic > Racial Discrimination in the Juvenile Justice System

Racial prejudices evolve from generation to generation and we, as citizens, should be protected against such discriminatory actions especially by law enforcement, but actions such as stop and frisk , to include car and body searches for the sole reason of skin color is a violation of our civil rights. Instead of being violated in an inappropriate matter as openly as was done by fighting for our civil rights, it is now done through law enforcement. The Constitution is supposed to guarantee equal treatment before the law for all, but Blacks and Hispanics are disproportionately victimized by police and other front-line law enforcement officials. Racial disparities affect both innocent and guilty minority citizens and are broken down into explanations such as; People of color commit more crimes, the criminal justice system is based on racial bias, and America is a racially biased society (Weich and Angulo, 2002). All of these explanations have been proven true by the actions of law enforcement and society, using racial profiling as a means to target minority communities. However, there are efforts