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Students name: Instructors name: Institution: Date: Race and Sentencing Racial discrimination in the United States has been and is still a big issue. It ranges from government offices to the private organizations. Policies have been implemented to ensure equality but none of them seems to work. For instance the cases of cocaine and crack offenders before the implementation of the act have been revisited and their jail terms have been reduced. Works cited McRay Rebecca. “5 Years Later Here Are 5 Ways the Fair Sentencing Act Changed the War on Drugs” Takepart.com. 2015. Retrieved from: http://www.takepart.com/article/2015/08/03/fair-sentencing-act-anniversary [...]
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Under the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, the disparity in amounts of crack and powder cocaine necessary to trigger a mandatory minimum sentence of five (or ten) years was reduced from 100-to-1 to 18-to-1. Does this “solve” the problem or is the 18-to-1 disparity still racially discriminatory? Real-World Resources: Tools to Enhance Relevancy The National Crime Victimization Survey:icpsr.umich.edu The Office of Management and Budget:www.whitehouse.gov The 2000 census:http: Bureau of Justice Statistics:http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs
Subject Area: Criminology
Document Type: Reports
