Hispanic Discrimination in the Justice System
Recently there is an increased perception of the Hispanic community receiving unfair and unequal treatment from the US Criminal Justice system. The major concern is that the Hispanics are incarcerated before conviction more often than the whites. More than half of the people that arrested daily are racial and ethnic groups. A good percentage of Hispanics have encountered police, and for most of them, they always have a negative experience (Vazsonyi,668). Hispanic are more likely to be stopped by police and given a ticket because of their physical appearance. Most of them also feel that if they called police, the police would not come to help them, and if they did, they would come when it is too late (Urbina). They also feel that they are more likely to be ill-treated by a Hispanic policeman than a white policeman would treat them. The main reason being that they are looked down upon because they are not educated.
Hispanic is a fast-growing population, but as the population grows, the number of Hispanics in jails has continued to rise. The Hispanic exposure in all parts of the criminal justice system has grown in also continued growing (Wu, 136).
The capital punishment for the longest time has been affected by races, and the Hispanics are no exceptions. The Hispanic juvenile delinquency is also another concern. The main reason being that the weak affectional relationship between parents and children. However, the number of Hispanic youths in juvenile continues to rise due to racial profiling. The Hispanics continue to face discrimination in the Criminal justice system daily.