Reference no: EM133649756

Numerous issues listed below are encompassed in the Sharanda Jones case. For the issues not related to the case, consider how they might have been different if she had been white, mentally ill, or otherwise different for each factor you've been asked to include.

1. Describe how policing is affected by a lack of cultural competence in both systemic and individual biases. Include commentary on the following issues in relation to cultural bias:

"Overpolicing" certain races or ethnicities
Militarization of police
Field decisions
Other issues of diversity:

1. Mental illness

2. LGBTQ+

2. Describe how courts are affected by a lack of cultural competence in both systemic and individual biases. Include commentary on the following issues in relation to cultural bias:

Discrepancies related to drug crime sentencing
Bail
Discrepancies related to socioeconomic status
Discrepancies related to death-penalty sentencing
Other issues of diversity:

1. Mental illness

2. LGBTQ+

3. Describe how corrections is affected by a lack of cultural competence in both systemic and individual biases. Include commentary on the following issues in relation to cultural bias:

Geography and female prisons
Medical issues (e.g., Sharanda Jones's mother)
Lack of oversight in private prisons
Placement of transgendered people
Male corrections officers in female prisons
Treatment of mentally ill, disabled, pregnant, etc.

4. Explain the need for diversity in the recruitment of criminal justice professionals. Include commentary on the following issues in relation to cultural bias:

Current demographic information related to diversity
Gender equity
The importance of mirroring society