Assignment instructions HEM350h:
Discussion: Analyze nationalist and endemic terrorist ideologies.
Respond to the following:
Research a country or region that has experienced recent endemic-based terrorism.
Identify the various cultures, races or ethnicities that have been forced together, and describe the terrorist activities that occur in that region.
What do you believe to be the main issues and ideologies underlying this conflict? Support your answer.
Disparity in the treatment of people accused of crimes in the United States is statistically undeniable.
Discusses the concept of institutionalized Racism and the video Black Death in Dixie: Racism and the Death Penalty in the United States (https://secure.films.com/OnDemandEmbed.aspx?token=39112&aid=18596&plt=FOD&loid=0&w=420&h=315&fWidth=440&fHeight=365) explores the premise that the death penalty targets minorities (Nelson & King, 2007). In this discussion, examine the moral implications for the criminal justice system if disparities in searches, arrests, and incarceration sentences continue to be skewed due to race. Provide at least two moral strategies to help combat this current event issue.Guided Response: Morality in criminal justice must be a function of treating all people equally. If this basic premise is true, what does it say about our criminal justice system if people of different races and Ethnicities are treated differently? The common symbol for the law is a blindfolded woman holding a balanced scale of justice. Can we say, as a society and as a criminal justice profession that the law is truly blind to such issues in its application?
