Criminal Justice System In England

With the increase of diversity in the country, comes a wide variety of issues facing all sectors. In the criminal justice sector we see issues such as racial profiling, discrimination amongst others.

With so many news stories and incidents surrounding the topic of race and the police these days, it is not surprising for people to come to the conclusion that racism may exist within the criminal justice system. We will be taking a deeper look into the problem to find out what other possible determinants may play a role in deciding how an officer makes an arrest or stop and continue to analyze what is happening in those contexts. The issues surrounding the topic of race is like the two faces of the same coin as there are usually two sides that we have to consider: reality and media portrayals. The reality side of situations is always there at the time, but it is so subtly hidden from society that nobody understands it unless they witness it firsthand and with the media spreading filtered information, it becomes even harder for us to identify the key issue; this is especially the case when dealing with the police and racial profiling. If you turn on the news and flip to a channel where it is reporting on the police and their arrests, you will most likely see more arrests pertaining to minorities than other ethnicities. In the news, we can often see a misrepresentation of ethnic minorities, usually African-Americans, being arrested when compared to others and this has caused problems around societies countless times. For this essay topic, I will be discussing the different issues surrounding race within the parameters of criminal justice and inequality; furthermore I will be

What is racism? Racism is defined as discrimination toward someone’s race or religion etc. As we know today, this is a big issue, especially in United State. This is important to me because it does not matter what skin color you have or what religion you believe in. All that matters are that a person follows the law. Police officers, for example, they are supposed to use the power that they have for the bad people, people that do crimes and our threat to our society. Using violence against people that haven't done any threat to our society is wrong. In Sweden there is some racism, but not to the extent that black people will get harassed because of their skin color. In Sweden, the law is for everyone and whoever breaks the law will get the punishment they deserve. We all know that it is always two side of a story for example what happened to Michael Brown on August 9, 2014. Michael Brown was robbing a grocery store. The police officer stated that “He shot Brown after the teen attacked him”, While brown’s family said, “Brown was surrendering when he was shot dead.” You are always going to hear two different sides but the justice will find out who is the guilty one and who is the victim.

To understand how deeply embedded prejudice is in our criminal justice system we must acknowledge that it is influenced by our society which

The existence of racial disparity and structural inequality within the criminal justice system renders the concept of true justice for all unobtainable. The statistics of convictions and prison sentences by race definitely support the concept that discrimination is a problem in the justice system as well as the insignificantly number of minority judges and lawyers. There are a multitude of circumstances that influence these statistics according to the “Central Eight” criminogenic risk factors. The need for programs and methods to effectively deter those at risk individuals has never been greater and the lack of such programs is costing society in countless ways.

This essay will screen through the changes made in major areas of Criminal Justice System after the Stephen Lawrence Inquiry Report published and attempts to address changes that have already implemented, the supposed and actual outcomes, and effectiveness of these changes in tackling institutional racism mainly based on qualitative academic debates.

Is the Criminal Justice system racist? This question has been asked many times by people of many colors. According to Mac Donald (2008), the criminal justice system is not at all racist. The article depicts arrest rates of both whites and blacks and compares statistics on these arrests. It looks at the number of whites and the number of blacks in jails and prisons. In this critique, we will be looking into this article to see these points in which Mac Donald states proves that the criminal justice system is, in fact, not a racist one.

Firstly Policing, Philips and Bowling (2007) have noted that in the 1970’s there have been many accusations of oppressive policing if minority ethnic communities. These have included mass stop and search operations, police violence and failure to respond to racist violence.

The values of accountability, effective performance, rights protection, democracy and confidence are primarily promoted by the oversight of the criminal process provided by the courts, independent administrative bodies and the public. There are five principal contexts in which the courts operate to oversee police policy and conduct. These are: judicial review hearings; during the trial process; via criminal prosecution of the police; at an inquest in the coroner's court; and where a civil action is brought.

People make mistakes and get into trouble with the police but today it seems as though the police force has been investigating on the color of someone's skin than the crime. My first impression of criminal justice was that it was fair and everyone was treated as equals when it came to the law, but that does not seem to be the case anymore. Racism seems to have found a way into the criminal justice and has been affecting what happens to someone with dark skin. People are no longer receiving the punishments they deserve and that statement relies on the color of their skin. The news has changed my perspective on how the criminal justice has been run and I can now see that the scale has started to tip and become unbalanced. Whenever someone turns

The British criminal court system, also known as the senior courts, contains many differences to that of the courts in America. In less serious criminal trials, which contain 90% of criminal cases, the case is sent for a summary trial in 1 of over 400 magistrate courts. A summary trial is a trial with no committal and no jury. The trial is before a bench of magistrates. Most of the time there are three magistrates who are considered “lay” persons. This means that they are not professional judges or lawyers but simply are persons from the local community. Recently however, there has been an increased number of stipendiary magistrates. These are paid magistrates who are qualified lawyers. If one wished to appeal their case, it would then go to what is known as Crown Court. From Crown Court it would then go to the High Court and then potentially go to The Criminal Division of The Court of Appeal or even the Supreme Court (Magistrates Court).

In your opinion, how adequate is the current Civil Justice System of England and Wales in respect of delivering access to justice?

The court system in England and Wales means a thousand years of history and development throughout different political and social climates. This essay will provide a brief history of this evolution and evaluation of some advantages and disadvantages of a modern jury system.

The court system in England and Wales originated during the Anglo - Saxon period. Back then local men gathered in Moot Courts, deciding on issues in line with local customs. Piece by piece the system became more sophisticated, which can be seen clearly after a brief overview on its evolution and evaluation of the advantages and disadvantages.

Society consists of complex processes which affect different groups in different ways and some groups, for various reasons, can experience high rates of disadvantage and oppression. Multiple aspects of a person’s identity can create significant bias, resulting in disproportionate treatment. Young black males for example, especially those from lower socio-economic backgrounds, suffer discrimination considerably more on the basis of their different attributes; being young, male and belonging to an ethnic minority group whilst a status of being from poorer backgrounds further disadvantages their opportunities and their position in society (Solanke, 2009). Intersectional frameworks play a key role by enabling a deeper insight into social institutions and practices concerning ethnic minorities and social problems which arise through inequality. The way institutions, such as the criminal justice system and the police, deal with ethnic minority groups contributes to ongoing stigma and discrimination, especially that of young males as their actions influence external perceptions of the general public towards ethnic minorities, thus allowing for continued racial abuse and discrimination. This essay will focus on the disparities of young black and minority ethnic (BME) males in the criminal justice system and identify intersectional influences overrepresentation within the system in order to recognise the inequalities these people face and promote social justice.