Assignment:
Review the articles:
1. Explaining the Great Racial Divide: Perceptions of Fairness in the U.S. Criminal Justice System by Jon Hurwitz
2. Race and the Criminal Justice System by Alfred Blumstein
3. Racial Disparity and the Legitimacy of the Criminal Justice System: Exploring Consequences for Deterrence by Faye Taxman
Your assignment is to write a response, on your belief, if racial discrimination truly exists within the criminal justice system. Your response must be specific and you must include facts to support your position. In addition, you are to provide examples supporting your position.
Your paper should go beyond the obvious, be written at a graduate level, and must be no less than 1200 words. You must use no less than three additional resources (other than your required text) that support your position. All resources used must be properly cited using the APA style.