SOC 205 Lecture Notes - Equal Protection Clause, New Zealand National Football Team, Fair Sentencing Act
Document Summary
108,000 marijuana possession arrests in last 10 years in. 86% of those arrested 34 years old or younger. Latinos arrested at 1. 5x the rate of whites. Blacks arrested at 3. 1x the rate of whites. U. s. government studies show consistently that young whites use marijuana at higher rates than young blacks and latinos. Employers, landlords, schools, credit agencies, licensing boards, banks. Best way to not get arrested is not to break the law. That said, we can easily observe racial disparities in results of criminal behavior. Between 1987 and 2007, the national prison population has nearly tripled. Age 15-24: 24% of populations but 41% of violent crimes, 46% of property ctrimes. Race/ethnicity: 70% white, disproportionate black (12. 3% of population, approx 30% of arrests for property/violent crime) Crime committed by people of high social position in the course of their occupations. Illegal actions of a corporation or people acting on its behalf. Major steps in the criminal justice process: definition of crime.
