2.16 - Criminal Justice & Judges

Define the term "financial kickback"

Provide an example

Define the term "for profit detention center"

Find one in Illinois. Where is it located, what is it called.

1) define "conflict of interest"

2) Provide a real-life example

What is completely missed in the rare public debates today about the plight of African

Americans is that a huge percentage of them are not free to move up at all. It is not

just that they lack opportunity, attend poor schools, or are plagued by poverty. They

are barred by law from doing so (move up in society). And the major institutions with which they come into contact are designed to prevent their mobility. To put the matter starkly: The

current system of control permanently locks a huge percentage of the African American

community out of the mainstream society and economy.

The system operates through our criminal justice institutions, but it functions more like a caste system than a system of crime control. Viewed from this perspective, the so-called underclass is better understood as an undercaste—a lower caste of individuals who are permanently barred by

law and custom from mainstream society.

Although this new system of racialized social control purports to be colorblind, it creates and maintains racial hierarchy much as earlier systems of control did. Like Jim Crow (and slavery), mass incarceration operates as a tightly networked system of laws, policies, customs, and institutions that operate collectively to ensure the subordinate status of a group defined largely by race.

Based on the text above, which statements would the Author most likely agree with. Choose all that apply.

The author of the above passage writes, " the major institutions with which they (African-Americans) come into contact are designed to prevent their mobility."

Which statement below best supports this claim.

Based on the Chart above. Choose all statements that would be true.

1) Research the "Kids for Cash" Scandal of Luzerne County Pennsylvania.

Copy the link to the article that you read to research this issue.

2) Explain what happend? (Give specific details related to the case)

3) When did it happen?

4) Who was involved?

5) Are there racial implications in the case?

Research:

How many U.S. Supreme Court Justices in the history of the U.S. have been:

White Men:

White Women:

Black Men:

Black Women:

LatinX Men:

LatinX Women:

LGBTQIA+:

Which Judge did you research?

What would make this woman a good judge?

In your own words explain why Supreme Court Judges are appointed for a lifetime.