Race has been a factor in the U.S criminal justice system since beginning of times. Conflict theory stipulates that conformity in society is maintained through power, domination, and racial inequality. Majority of incarcerated people in the U.S are black men. The criminal justice system is intentionally targeting black men. Purpose / problem Race has been a factor in the United States criminal justice system since the system's beginnings, as the nation was founded on Native American soil. It continues to be a factor throughout United States history through the present. HISTORY The court decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford made it so that African slaves and their decedents were considered non-citizens, further incorporating racism into the justice system.[9] The Ku Klux Klan, founded in 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee as a vigilante organization whose goal was to keep control over freed slaves;[9] It performed acts of lawlessness against negroes and other minorities. This included taking negro prisoners from the custody of officers or breaking into jails to put them to death. Few efforts were made by civil authorities in the South against the Ku Klux Klan.[8] Emmett Till, 14-year-old African American boy in Mississippi was murdered for allegedly flirting with a white woman. His mother's insistence on an open-casket funeral led to the publishing of images of his mutilated body in many newspapers and magazines to showcase the scrutiny of the Mississippi criminal justice system in the 1950s and 1960s Data Blacks had a higher chance of going to prison especially those who had dropped out of high school. If a Black male drop out of high school, he had an over 50% chance of being incarcerated in his lifetime, as compared to an 11% chance for White male high school dropouts.Socio-economic, geographic, and educational disparities, as well as alleged unequal treatment in the criminal justice system, contributed to this gap in incarceration rates by race. Failure to achieve literacy (reading at "grade level") by the third or fourth grade makes the likelihood of future incarceration twenty times more likely than other students. Some states use this measurement to predict how much prison space they will require in the future. It appears to be a poverty issue rather than a race issue.[74] Racial profiling racial disparity in imprisonment, particularly with African Americans, subjects them to political subordination by destroying their positive connection with society. Institutional factors – such as the prison industrial complex itself – become enmeshed in everyday lives, so much so that prisons no longer function as “law enforcement” systems A conviction leads to all sorts of social, political, and economic disadvantages for felons, and has been dubbed the “new civil death” (Chin 2012, 179). In the aggregate, these obstacles make it diffi cult for released inmates to transition to society successfully, which, in turn, makes it diffi cult for these communit ...

1. Race has been a factor in the U.S criminal justice system since
beginning of times. Conflict theory stipulates that conformity in
society is maintained through power, domination, and racial
inequality. Majority of incarcerated people in the U.S are black
men. The criminal justice system is intentionally targeting black
men.
Purpose / problem
Race has been a factor in the United States criminal justice
system since the system's beginnings, as the nation was founded
on Native American soil. It continues to be a factor throughout
United States history through the present.
HISTORY
The court decision in Dred Scott v. Sandford made it so that
African slaves and their decedents were considered non-
citizens, further incorporating racism into the justice system.[9]
The Ku Klux Klan, founded in 1865 in Pulaski, Tennessee as
a vigilante organization whose goal was to keep control over
freed slaves;[9] It performed acts of lawlessness against negroes
and other minorities. This included taking negro prisoners from
the custody of officers or breaking into jails to put them to
death. Few efforts were made by civil authorities in the South
against the Ku Klux Klan.[8]
Emmett Till, 14-year-old African American boy in Mississippi
was murdered for allegedly flirting with a white woman. His
mother's insistence on an open-casket funeral led to the
publishing of images of his mutilated body in many newspapers
and magazines to showcase the scrutiny of the Mississippi
criminal justice system in the 1950s and 1960s
Data
Blacks had a higher chance of going to prison especially those
who had dropped out of high school. If a Black male drop out of
high school, he had an over 50% chance of being incarcerated in
his lifetime, as compared to an 11% chance for White male high

2. school dropouts.Socio-economic, geographic, and educational
disparities, as well as alleged unequal treatment in the criminal
justice system, contributed to this gap in incarceration rates by
race.
Failure to achieve literacy (reading at "grade level") by the
third or fourth grade makes the likelihood of future
incarceration twenty times more likely than other students.
Some states use this measurement to predict how much prison
space they will require in the future. It appears to be a poverty
issue rather than a race issue.[74]
Racial profiling
racial disparity in imprisonment, particularly with African
Americans, subjects them to political subordination by
destroying their positive connection with society. Institutional
factors – such as the prison industrial complex itself – become
enmeshed in everyday lives, so much so that prisons no longer
function as “law enforcement” systems
A conviction leads to all sorts of social, political, and economic
disadvantages for felons, and has been dubbed the “new civil
death” (Chin 2012, 179). In the aggregate, these obstacles make
it diffi cult for released inmates to transition to society
successfully, which, in turn, makes it diffi cult for these
communities to achieve social stability.
Black ex-inmates earn 10 percent less than white ex-inmates
post incarceration.[78]
A 1998 study found that black defendants in Florida were
significantly more likely to be sentenced as habitual
offenders than were whites, and that this effect was
significantly larger for drug offenses and property crimes of
which whites are often the victims.[72]
A 2010 analysis of U.S. Sentencing Commission data found that
blacks received the longest sentences of any ethnicity within
each gender group (specifically, their sentence lengths were on

3. average 91 months for men and 36 months for women)
Dr. M’s Storify Tips and Tricks
1. You can integrate outside content into Storify in three ways:
a. Search within Storify using the search tool on the right panel
of a draft
story. Click the different tabs (images, Google, twitter etc. for
varied
content)
b. Click on the “Embed URL” tab on the right panel of the
search box in
Storify (looks like a small chain link) and copy and paste the
web address
of a blog or web page (that you have open in another window or
tab) into
that text box. Click “enter” and that webpage link should pop up
as an item
you can then “drag and drop” into your Storify
c. Add a “bookmarklet” or chrome extension to your browser
that allows
you to easily clip content from the web and put it into Storify.
Visit this
Storify on how to easily use the bookmarklet:
http://storify.com/storify/storify-new-bookmarklet
Or, if you use the Google Chrome as your browser, you can add
an
extension to your browser easily here:
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/storify/oonhlodhpiag
ekajjhhfimf

4. geagjnnop?hl=en
After the plugin is installed, you can highlight tweets in Topsy,
right-click,
and use the “add this image, link, or selection to Storify”
option. You must
be signed in to Storify for this to work.
Within Storify, just above the search bar on the right panel,
there is a “My
Collection” button or link. Everything that you import using the
bookmarklet
or Chrome plug- in from outside sources will be stored here.
You can then
“drag and drop” them into your story.
You can use these methods to capture tweets, blogs, videos,
news
stories, and other content whether it is searchable within Storify
or not.
Chrome seems to support Storify functions better than Firefox
or Windows
Explorer, so for the purposes of this project, you may want to
download
Chrome or work on a computer with that browser available.

5. I hope this makes your Storify user experience smoother!
Storify Project Rubric
Digital Theory Curation
Criteria Points Task Description Comments
Introduction of
theory and
social work-
related issue
/20 0 Choose an issue relevant to social work and write a
two sentence description of the issue
0 Provide a two sentence description of your chosen
theory and why it is most applicable to your chosen
social issue.
(4 sentences Total)
Insert and
provide a
narrative
justification of
20 online
sources/items
that demonstrate
the relevance of

6. your chosen
theory to the
application of
your chosen
social work
topic.
/60 0 Use at least (4) tweets (Twitter.com/Topsy.com)
0 Use at least (1) video clip
0 Use at least (4) news articles
0 Use at least (1) blog, or other web-based article
0 Use no more than (5) pictures
0 After each digital artifact, provide at least (1) full
sentence on how that digital item represents the
theory and the social issue chosen.
0 Order your artifacts in a logical and systematic way
so as to represent a “collection” of your theory’s
application to a social work issue
0 Use your narrative space to provide a clearly
articulated point of view or perspective on why this
theory is important to understanding the social
problem or issue
0 Select a diverse array of “artifacts” that are very
relevant to the chosen social issue
0 Conclude with 3-4 sentences on your inspiration for
creating this “collection” and why this issue has
particular importance or interest to you
0 Each source may not directly reference your chosen
theory but it must clearly demonstrate a connection to
the theory in whole or part, and, the theory’s

7. influence on the social issue chosen
Minimum:
4 tweets
1 video
4 news articles
1 blog or similar
10 additional artifacts
of the above or
different sources
=20 sources
(no more than 5
pictures that stand
alone)
Use of APA
format and
writing style
/20 0 Transitions are thoughtful and clearly show how ideas
and
theoretical “artifacts” connect
0 Sequencing of items is logical and effective
0 Spelling is generally correct even on more difficult words
0 Punctuation is accurate and guides reader effectively
through the text
0 Grammar and usage contribute to the clarity of the text
0 Voice and style are appropriate ; first person is preferred
0 Narrative sections are well-focused and coherent
0 NO REFERENCE PAGE IS REQUIRED

8. Total /100