Compare And Contrast Reichel And Owusu Bempah

Reichel’s (1988) article provides an historical perspective to policing, while Owusu-Bempah (2016) situates history into the current policing environment. First, synthesize these two readings. How do you see them fitting together?

Both Reichel’s (1988), and Owusu Bempah (2016) articles have many similar ideas. They both included racial discrimination in correlation to the policing system. Both articles attempt to reveal how race and criminal justice are mutually built in. Explaining that discrimination on African American especially, our black men are still being racially profiled. Both article also synthesis on the fact that the racial discrimination on African Americans could have possibly stem formed the historical factor of slavery. I say that because during the slavery period, is when policing was actually created. The policing system was created early on in the years to actually control slaves. This could compare to Owusu article that argued that dehumanization African

One reading that can relate to our current readings is the Eitle, D’Alessio and Stolzenberg (2002) theory which discussed radical threat and arrests. This theory relates because it explained the different ways in which social control was inflicted on black people. This theory explains how African Americans were targeted in many different aspects like political, economic and even black on white crime.

Another reading that connects to the current reading of both Reichel’s (1988), and Owusu Bempah (2016 is the Belknap theory. Belknap theory like our current readings are trying to bring attention that there are victims still today that still get racially profiled, or still get lied on and falsely accused. Seems to be no real justice in some of the cases that come to light, especially if it black or white individuals against the police..

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