Diversity in the Criminal Justice System

Student’s name

University affiliation

Course name

Professor’s name

Assignment due date

 2

Diversity in the Criminal Justice System

It is critical in today's culture to recognize the distinction between discrimination and

disparity (Zaveri, 2014). Discrepancy and prejudice both are forbidden in the system of criminal

justice. Discrepancy, while still not necessarily purposeful, always is unwanted in the institution

of justice. Prejudice, on the other extreme, has always been deliberate. Many individuals

continue to believe that the world is prejudiced. In this essay, disparity and discrimination will be

compared and contrasted, along with instances of each and how it relates to the criminal justice

system.

Discrepancy, as defined, is the distinction between groups that is exemplified by

legitimate criteria. For example, despite the fact that persons between the ages of 18 and 24 are

imprisoned in proportion to their numbers in the total population, there is a gap that may be

explained by the fact that more males of these ages are engaged in criminal activity (Daly, 2017).

It’s not considered to led by a discriminative policy that picks out young men to be convicted.

Discrimination occurs when individuals are treated separately without reference for their

qualifications or behavior, as is the case with Hispanic people who are frequently detained and

sent to jail despite having no prior criminal record due to the perception that they are infamous

and careless violent criminals who frequently perform illegal actions.

Several issues have been raised concerning the concept of fairness and justice in the

system of criminal courts. Discrepancy in the system of criminal justice is sometimes alluded to

as existing injustice. Racial imbalance arises in the criminal justice system when the number of

racial or ethnic groups under the system's supervision is larger than the percentage of such

categories in the broader public (Zaveri, 2014). The grounds of such disparities vary and might

include varying degrees of activity, law enforcement concentration on certain groups, legislative
 3

laws, and decision - making process by criminal justice practitioners who have considerable

discretion in the judicial process at one or more stages of the institution.

Discrimination and inequality are frequently viewed as synonymous issues. In actuality,

prejudice consists mostly of persons committing racist attacks due to “their color. Prejudice is

the deliberate exclusion of other ethnicities based on their skin color. When all of the information

is integrated, inequality develops (Daly, 2017). When data demonstrate that a black family is

low-income and far less likely to prosper, prejudice and inequality are comparable. Although it is

true that examples contribute to difference, they also contribute to prejudice since they confine

the ethnicity.

Finally, disparities and prejudice are assumed to occur all through the criminal judicial

system. The two words are as distinct as they are related. One might contribute the other, but

simply because there is a discrepancy does not automatically imply that it is the result of

malevolent purposes (Zaveri, 2014). Discrepancy can sometimes be based on prior information

or behavior, although this does not always imply that it is negative towards to the individual.

These are two items that really should be closely observed by everybody involved in the criminal

justice system.
 4

References

Daly, K. (2017). Sentencingdisparity anddiscrimination - sage publications ltd. Retrieved

September 18, 2022, from

https://uk.sagepub.com/sites/default/files/upm-assets/27008_book_item_27008.pdf

Zaveri, R. (2014, July 10). Rob5121. byrness blog. Retrieved September 18, 2022, from

https://sites.psu.edu/ryanmbyrnes/2014/07/10/difference-between-racial-disparities-and-

racial-discrimination/