The given quotation immediately summons in my mind the picture of a suspect on the street or at the police station or ana ccused before a court, whether he will be treated equally by the neutral legal factors, if he is a member of the black community. ...

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ANSWER TO THE Q: NO: 2

INTRODUCTION

The given quotation immediately summons in my mind the picture of a suspect on the street or at the police station or an accused before a court, whether he will be treated equally by the neutral legal factors, if he is a member of the black community. It was examined and expressed for a number of years by various researchers in this field that black people are more likely to become entangled with the web of criminal justice than white people1. In order to discuss, the quotation will be divided into two parts. First, it will be examined, whether the evidences show that law enforcement really targets black people. In the second part, it will be considered whether such targeting has happened because of bias or impartial application of criteria that work to the disadvantage of black people

TARGETING THE BLACK PEOPLE

There was a considerable body of research on race and criminal justice, which suggested that the police do target some ethnic minority groups and that this may have the effect of drawing them in through the 'gates' of the criminal justice system disproportionately either to