Watch Michelle Alexander’s Ted Talk book “The New Jim Crow” aims to stimulate a conversation about the criminal justice system’s role in creating and perpetuating racial hierarchy (or a racial caste-like system) in the United States. She raises compelling arguments about institutional racism, mass incarceration and felon disenfranchisement in the U.S. In this week’s discussion, discuss your own thoughts on this piece. Do you agree or disagree? In your view, what are some of the problems with incarceration as the primary sentence? What alternatives would you recommend in lieu of incarceration? What sentencing philosophy supports your favorite alternative?
3.7 Discussion: Choosing Innovations To Solve Crime Problems First, choose from the following types of crime problems to focus on in your answer.
3.7 Discussion: Choosing Innovations To Solve Crime Problems First, choose from the following types of crime problems to focus on in your answer. Whichever you choose is a type of crime that has seen a 25% increase in the past 3 months citywide and has generated calls from the media