Research Report
In this Assignment, imagine you have been hired by the federal government as a consultant to construct a research report on the current status of race and the criminal justice system.

The MSCJ Assignment: In a 10- to 11-page paper using the Walden University Writing Center Template:

Introduce the relationship between race and the criminal justice system. Be sure to include a brief history and examples of significant past and current events that have defined the relationship (2 pages).
Assess whether the criminal justice system needs to address racial disparities and explain why or why not. This section should be supported by at least five peer-reviewed research articles and/or government publications (4 pages).
Analyze ethical and social justice issues associated with race in the criminal justice system (2 pages).
Explain whether the federal government should become more involved in racial issues within various criminal justice agencies (2 pages).

Learning Resources
Note: To access this module’s required library resources, please click on the link to the Course Readings List, found in the Course Materials section of your Syllabus.

Textbook
Banks, C. (2017). Criminal justice ethics: Theory and practice (4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.

Criminal Justice Ethics: Theory and Practice, 4th Edition by Banks, C. Copyright 2017 by Sage Publications, Inc. Reprinted by permission of Sage Publications, Inc. via the Copyright Clearance Center.

Chapter 9, “The Ethics of Criminal Justice Policy Making” (pp. 248–284)
Articles
Albany Law Review Fall 2017 Symposium: Sanctuary cities. (2018). Albany Law Review, 81(2), 679–720.

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Brady, K. (2017). Sanctuary cities and the demise of the Secure Communities program. Texas Hispanic Journal of Law & Policy, 23, 21–50. 

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Donnelly, E. A. (2017). The politics of racial disparity reform: Racial inequality and criminal justice policymaking in the States. American Journal of Criminal Justice: AJCJ, 42(1), 1–27.

Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.

Website
Office of Justice Programs. (n.d.). Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA). Retrieved December 6, 2018, from https://www.smart.gov/sorna.htm

Media
Stevenson, B. (2012). We need to talk about an injustice [Video file]. Retrieved from https://www.ted.com/talks/bryan_stevenson_we_need_to_talk_about_an_injustice/details 

 

Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 24 minutes.