Racial Disparities within the Criminal Justice System Module2Assignment.docx CRJ-530 Racial Disparities within the Criminal Justice System Department of Criminal Justice, Saint Leo University College of Education and
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Racial Disparities within the Criminal Justice System Module2Assignment.docx CRJ-530 Racial Disparities within the Criminal Justice System Department of Criminal Justice, Saint Leo University College of Education and Social Services CRJ-530: Ethical Issues in Criminal Justice Abstract Racism is defined as a social practice that applies merits and designate values to racially categorized groups members based off their race (Zatz and Mann 1998: 3). There are three components of racism: personal prejudice, ideological racism and institutional racism. Personal prejudice involves having a certain view or judgment against an individual or group that belongs to a certain group (Banks 2020). A personal bias or prejudice can influence how people interact with others. Ideological racism involves the usage of culture and biology to rationalize and defend the superior stance of a culture they consider dominant (Banks 2019). Institutional racism is when institutions possess policies and procedures that produce systematic differences between racial groups (Banks 2020: 4). One of the components of racism that I want to focus more on is institutional racism. A part of institutional racism is “petit apartheidâ€. This piece of institutional racism, highlights the daily hidden interactions between law enforcement officers and other minorities which includes the law enforcement practices of “stop and question†and “stop and searchâ€,(Zatts &Mann 1998). Institutional Racism Institutional Racism is defined as policies and procedures engrained in institu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .
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