Topic > Black Lives Matter: The Racial Justice Movement

Between 1990 and 2006, the number of white and Latino inmates increased at an equal average annual rate, while the number of black inmates increased at a slower rate, perhaps signaling improved system efforts to provide more equitable protection (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2004). Each year, the United States spends more than $146 billion on the criminal justice system, including the police, judiciary, judicial, and correctional systems (Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2004). Desired Outcomes Incorporate the 5 Cs, a model of diversity awareness and social change, the writer's desire to see outcomes that promote social justice through the protection and preservation of individual civil liberties. The 5 Cs of change: trust, courage, commitment, conflict and community. Action Steps The first C of change is (building) trust (DeRosa and Johnson, 2002). These fixes are powered