Blackorwhite

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (7) ◽  
pp. 29-54
Author(s):  
Jay Allisan ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Young Child ◽  
Police Officer ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Medical Doctor ◽  
Small Time ◽  
Severe Diarrhea ◽  
Poor Family ◽  
Electric Chair ◽  
Criminal Legal System

What is the purpose of the criminal legal system? What factors should we take into account when punishing criminals? In this work of philosophical short story of fiction, the prison medical doctor is called in the middle of the night to take care of Fuzzy, an uneducated, mostly toothless, prisoner who has spent the majority of his life behind bars. Fuzzy, it seems, has gotten into eating cheese, something that strongly disagrees with his stomach and causes severe diarrhea. While the doctor waits for Fuzzy on the toilet and treats him for dehydration he learns Fuzzy’s story. Fuzzy was a young child from a poor family when his brother got him into a small-time gang robbing homes. Fuzzy and his brother wanted to get out of their life and move to Houston to look for legitimate work, but need enough money from a big heist to cover their travel fees. Their final heist goes wrong and the police show up. Fuzzy watches his brother get wrongly gunned down and, in a panic, hops in the van to try to get away. In the process he hits and kills a police officer with the van. The remaining members of the gang are captured and found guilty. Fuzzy, it seems, was able to eat so much cheese as it was his “last meal” on death row and assumed he wouldn’t be around for the results. However, there was a last-minute error with the electric chair so he was forced to face the retribution of his culinary choices. Hearing Fuzzy’s story, the doctor feels greater sympathy for Fuzzy and his life.

Romantic (In)Justice: Criminal-Legal System-Impacted Black Women’s Romantic Relationship Status and Quality

2021 ◽  
pp. 155708512110194
Author(s):  
Allison E. Monterrosa
Keyword(s):  
Black Women ◽  
Working Class ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Romantic Relationship ◽  
Qualitative Interviews ◽  
Relationship Status ◽  
Black Feminist ◽  
Psychological Strain ◽  
System Data ◽  
Criminal Legal System

This study of working class, heterosexual, criminal-legal system-impacted Black women described the women’s romantic histories and current romantic relationship statuses in terms of commitment, exclusivity, and perceived quality. Using intersectional research methods, qualitative interviews were conducted with 31 Black women between the ages of 18 and 65 years who were working class, resided in Southern California, and were impacted by the criminal-legal system. Data were analyzed using an intersectional Black feminist criminological framework and findings revealed six types of relationship statuses. These relationship statuses did not live up to the women’s aspirations and yielded disparate levels of emotional and psychological strain across relationship statuses.

They Got Their Show

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (8) ◽  
pp. 5-17
Author(s):  
Garrett Davis ◽  
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Short Story ◽  
Taxi Driver ◽  
Electric Chair ◽  
True Crime

What does it take to forgive? Why can’t we force ourselves to forgive sooner? In this work of philosophical short story fiction, Nick’s high school daughter was murdered on her way to the Blockbuster Video store in 1995. Her friend and classmate, Benjie, was found guilty of her murder. Twenty years later a Netflix true crime series interviewed the witnesses and shined a light on the case, causing it to be reexamined. After 20 years, Benjie is released from prison as innocent. Nick is an alcoholic who, for 20 years, has failed to move on from his daughter’s death and dreamed of Benjie getting the electric chair. Now, he is called to be the taxi driver that picks Benjie up from the prison. They talk, and Nick begins to find forgiveness.

Justice as a Tertiary Prevention Strategy

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leigh Goodmark
Keyword(s):  
Intimate Partner Violence ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Partner Violence ◽  
Intimate Partner ◽  
Tertiary Prevention ◽  
Prevention Strategy ◽  
Legal Response ◽  
The Law ◽  
Criminal Legal System

This chapter addresses the question, what is justice, in the context of intimate partner violence (IPV) and examines the use of law and the legal system for the prevention of IPV revictimization (tertiary prevention). The chapter highlights the limitations of the law and criminal legal system for achieving justice for specific groups of IPV survivors, and the potential for this system cause further harm. The chapter considers alternatives to the traditional criminal legal response to IPV to secure justice and safety for IPV survivors.

scholarly journals Health Implications of Incarceration and Reentry on Returning Citizens: A Qualitative Examination of Black Men’s Experiences in a Northeastern City

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 155798832093721
Author(s):  
Jason M. Williams ◽  
Sean K. Wilson ◽  
Carrie Bergeson
Keyword(s):  
Black Men ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Mass Incarceration ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Health Implications ◽  
Race And Gender ◽  
Criminal Legal System ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Returning Citizens

While a great deal of research captures the lived experiences of Black men as they navigate through the criminal legal system and onto reentry, very little research is grounded in how those processes are directly connected to their health. Although some research argues that mass incarceration is a determinant of poor health, there is a lack of qualitative analyses from the perspective of Black men. Black men face distinct pathways that lead them into the criminal legal system, and these same pathways await them upon reentry. This study aims to examine the health implications associated with incarceration and reentry of Black men. While adopting a phenomenological approach alongside interviews, our findings show both race- and gender-specific outcomes for the men in our sample. For example, health and wellness appears to be a significant theme that governs their (in)ability to matriculate society. Moreover, their contact with the criminal legal system appears to exacerbate health concerns and hindrances toward reentry. Other themes include mental health and the role of masculinity. We conclude with implications on policy and future research.

scholarly journals Policy Determinants of Inequitable Exposure to the Criminal Legal System and Their Health Consequences Among Young People

2020 ◽  
Vol 110 (S1) ◽  
pp. S43-S49
Author(s):  
Catherine d. P. Duarte ◽  
Leslie Salas-Hernández ◽  
Joseph S. Griffin
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Health Consequences ◽  
Criminal Legal System

GENDER DIFFERENCES IN PREDICTING DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR: DO INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES MATTER?

2007 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 359-374 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ellen S. Cohn ◽  
Kathryn L. Modecki
Keyword(s):  
Gender Differences ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Individual Differences ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Delinquent Behavior ◽  
Just World ◽  
Negative Relation ◽  
Direct Model ◽  
Criminal Legal System

The purpose of this study was to determine the role of individual differences (i.e., belief in a just world and authoritarianism), and attitude (i.e., attitudes toward the criminal legal system), in predicting delinquent behavior. High school students (412 males, 423 females) completed questionnaires that measured demographics, belief in a just world (BJW), authoritarianism (RWA), attitudes toward the criminal legal system (ATCLS), and delinquent behavior. Two models were assessed in this study. The first was a direct model, which assessed whether individual differences or attitude best predicted rule-violating behavior. The second was an integrating model, which assessed the role of both factors, individual differences and attitude, as predictors of rule-violating behavior. For male adolescents, the direct model best predicted delinquency, suggesting negative ATCLS was the sole significant predictor of rule-violating behavior. In contrast, for females, the integrating model best predicted delinquency, as negative ATCLS mediated the negative relation between BJW and delinquency, and partially mediated the negative relation between RWA and delinquency. The implications of gender differences in predicting delinquent behavior are discussed.

scholarly journals The Place of the Criminal Justice for Children in the Legal System of Republic of Macedonia from Its Independence Until Today

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 46
Author(s):  
Blerta Arifi ◽  
Besa Kadriu
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Law ◽  
Legal System ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Special Treatment ◽  
Historical Aspect ◽  
Republic Of Macedonia ◽  
Separate Branch ◽  
Criminal Legal System

In this paper the author will analyze the legal treatment of juvenile delinquency in Republic of Macedonia, in historical aspect of the development of its legislation. In this way it will be presented the place of the criminal law for juveniles in the criminal legal system of the country and its development during today. The study will be focused on the innovation of legal protection of delinquent children, especially it will be analyzed the sanctioning of juvenile perpetrators and their special treatment from the majors in Republic of Macedonia. It will be a chronological comparison reflect of the juvenile sanctioning based on some of laws in Macedonia such as: Criminal Code of Former Yugoslavia, Criminal Code of Republic of Macedonia (1996), Law on Juvenile Justice (2007) and Law on Child protection (2013). The purpose of the study is to bring out the types of criminal sanctions for juveniles in Republic of Macedonia from its independence until today which, above all, are aimed on protecting the interests of the juvenile delinquents. Also the author of this paper will attach importance to the so-called “Measures of assistance and protection” provided by the Law on Child protection of Republic of Macedonia, which represent an innovation in the country's criminal law. This study is expected to draw conclusions about how it started to become independent itself the delinquency of minors as a separate branch from criminal law in the broad sense – and how much contemporary are the sanctions to minors from 1996 until today.

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