Criminal Punishment Based on Socioeconomic Class

A 16 - year - old white male, Ethan Couch, who was convicted of murder during drunk driving, was sentenced to ten years imprisonment and released for riches. If another low-level person without wealthy people has a similar incident, he may be sentenced to 20 years in prison and a fine of $ 10,000. (ProfBlogger, 2013) American citizens generally think that white-collar crime is rare, and only a few upper classes are committing offenses such as corruption, bribery, fraud and the like.

Proof that the dispute theory proposes that there is fundamental inequality during the punishment of individuals with different socio - economic status will be the reason for re - judgment. Thereafter, evidence of the relevance of dispute theory in history and current procedures is provided and the proposed changes are explained. Finally, I will explain the implementation and expected outcome of these changes and judge the fairness of the victim and his family's case.

The criminal justice system is biased toward individuals with low socioeconomic status. Current Justice System is for the poor, as Jeffrey Reiman advocates the 2006 book "Rich are more prosperous and becoming prisons: ideology, class and criminal justice". Large prejudice Rieman pointed out that the crime normally committed by the poor was more severe than administrative or corporate criminals and could be punished with a long sentence. White collar crimes such as company environmental pollution and refusal to protect workplace safety are often imprisoned rather than imprisoned. Therefore, rich and corporate offenders often escape illegal activities, and it is highly likely that the poor feel full power of the criminal justice system against crime with little impact on society.

The social criminal justice system consists of institutions and practices aimed at restraining crime, maintaining social control, and punishing perpetrators to restore them. In the United States, the criminal justice system is designed to provide fair treatment to all criminal defendants. However, weaknesses in the criminal justice system, including racial and socioeconomic bias, can impair this fairness. In some parts of the United States, especially large cities, there is a risk of overwhelming the number of lawsuits in which the criminal justice system is being handled. Among his 2006 memoirs "unforgivable", public defender David Phage explained about the overwhelming criminal justice system of overworking in the Bronx in New York.