DESCRIBE Does the punishment fit the crime? ... The question then remains, whether the punishment fits the crime, or if the race and ethnicity of a student is what determines the punishment? ... Is it that the students deserve a strong punishment because their behaviors are more extreme? No, unfortunately, minority students receive harsher punishments than that of their classmates solely because of their skin color. ...

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Introduction As quoted by Emile Durkheim, a society without crime is impossible.1 Even if the standard of determining criminal acts is set high, less severe acts will still be considered as crime. As there is no chance of eliminating crime out of society, punishment is an essential tool to create a fair society for it having 4 main goals: deterrence, retribution, rehabilitation and incapacitation. Setting a fixed standard and guideline of punishment aims to convince potential criminals that the crime is not worth the time (general deterrence), to equally and fairly distribute punishment among ...

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However, Butler does cite past and contemporary administration of the death penalty, disparities between punishments for white-collar crimes and punishments for other crimes, more severe penalties for crack cocaine users than for powder cocaine users, and the high rate of incarceration of African-American men.2 All arguments regarding Butler's thesis must be framed within the context of these problems, if not directly addressing them. ... First, in 1984 almost 46% of those arrested for violent crimes were Black, while Blacks constitute only about 12% of the national population on the whol...

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To achieve this, the police and the courts "detect crime and bring it to justice" (par 1). ... The term hate crime is relatively new to the criminal justice system. ... The punishment of hate crimes helps to discourage interracial violence. ... To understand why racial disparities exist in hate crimes, it is important to know who commits them. ... Lack of police efforts against hate crimes have made some citizens pusillanimous. ...

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However, the reason for targeting specific neighborhoods and high crime areas, has allot to do with trends and the likelihood of another crime happening within that area or by a certain race or ethnicity. ... It is more likely for minorities and poor people to turn to crime for survival. ... Crimes are committed by all races despite the level of social class or construction. ... There has been numerous studies performed that indicate more minorities have been pulled over, arrested and have been given harsher punishments than whites. ... The police have a job to do and they feel that even the...

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In her novel The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison tells a tragic tale, carefully leading the reader through the circumstances which result in Pecola Breedlove's demise. She does not allow the reader to feel a satisfied hatred toward the characters who directly hurt Pecola, instead she spends chapters acquai...

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She brings up the fact that "29% of these two hundred and eleven persons were charged with crimes against women" and then goes on to say that the other 79% of men were lynched over "some kind of offense against white men". ... The white male who assaulted the woman did not face any serious punishment, while the woman raped often faced serious injuries, no support from local law enforcers, or even death- proving the evident double standard that existed for women of different color as victims of rape. ...

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