Directions: The City of Whoville has had violent crime problems for decades. They have also made headlines for several police shootings of unarmed Hispanic citizens. The jails are overcrowded, primarily with nonviolent minority offenders. The current District Attorney has been accused of making racially biased decisions and supporting police corruption. You have been hired by the Whoville Community Improvement Group to write a report and give a presentation on the power of prosecutors before an upcoming election.
Explain prosecutor discretion, including the specific decisions they make in the criminal justice process
Explain the influence of race on prosecutor decision-making
Explain why these decisions matter
Discuss the qualities or behavior they should look for in a new prosecutor (District Attorney)
CITE BOTH BOOKS APA STYLE USING IN-TEXT CITATIONS
I’ve attached files. These are the inly sources you should be using.
one one of the files is labeled “policing the black man”
And all the other ones are from the book The color of Justice
APA CITATIONS FOR THE BOOKS (Sources)
Walker, S. (2017). The Color of Justice: Race, Ethnicity, and Crime in America (6th ed.). Cengage Learning US. https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/books/9781337514682
Davis, A. J. (2017). Policing the Black Man. Random House Digital Inc.. https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/books/9781101871287
Category: Race crime and justice
Please read the directions for each entry carefully before responding. Some may require watching videos or reading articles, while others may require you to locate items independently.
Your response will be posted so the entire class can view the response. However, you cannot view ANY responses until you post your response. This avoids getting answers from another student’s post.
Students should benefit from their classmates’ entries. You will be able to respond to each other’s entries. You will not be graded directly on the responses. However, you should note that if your response is not adequate, any additional information you give responding to other entries and questions posted to your response can add points to your grade.
Journal responses should be at least 250 words (1/2 page) to be considered for full credit. These can be written in the first person (e.g., I, me, my).
Journal responses are not opinion pieces – your responses should reflect your knowledge and/or research about the topic and what is known in the criminal justice field.
Provide references and citations for materials used to respond to the prompt. This is highly encouraged and will likely increase your score.
Journal Prompt:
Some researchers argue that racial stereotypes affect the ways in which decision makers, including criminal justice officials, evaluate the behavior of racial minorities. Do an Internet search for race-linked stereotypes. What are the stereotypes most commonly associated with African Americans? Hispanics? Native Americans? Asian Americans? How might these stereotypes affect judges’ sentencing decisions?