NCJ Number
1797
Date Published
1972
Length
345 pages
Annotation
RACE, CRIME AND JUSTICE PROBES DEEPLY INTO THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM FOR MINORITY GROUPS AND RECOMMENDS IMPORTANT POLICY CHANGES.
Abstract
INCLUDED ARTICLES BY AUTHORITATIVE FIGURES CONCERNED WITH THE PATTERNS OF UNJUST TREATMENT OF MINORITIES DEAL WITH THE FOLLOWING SUBJECTS, (1) RACISM IN THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE (2) CRIME RATES AND CAUSES, (3) THE CONVERGENCE OF RACE AND CRIME, (4) NEGRO AND WHITE CRIME RATES, (5) MINORITY-POLICE GROUPS AND NEGATIVE CONTACTS, (6) POLICE AND THE GHETTO, (7) NEGRO TREATMENT IN THE COURTS OF JUSTICE, (8) SEGREGATED JUSTICE FOR NATIVE AMERICANS, ETC. MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS ARE CONCERNED WITH DEVELOPMENT OF POLICE-COMMUNITY RELATIONS AND CHANGES IN NON-DEMOCRATIC RACIST PATTERNS OF THOUGHT EMBEDDED IN ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE SYSTEMS.