Date of Award
Spring 2021
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Major
Public Policy and Law
First Advisor
Glenn W. Falk
Abstract
Using the Breonna Taylor case as an example, this thesis will investigate the ways that certain practices and policies in America’s criminal justice system have allowed discriminatory policing to flourish. People of color in America disproportionately experience acts of violence from police officers, and more often than not, there is no justice for these victims. The practices and policies that have been put into place to combat racial injustices in America have been ineffective because of the principles that govern our system. The way that America’s criminal justice system operates is inherently discriminatory and the need for reform is urgent.
Recommended Citation
Vadala, Dayna, "Prosecuting the Police: How America’s Criminal Justice System Has Failed Breonna Taylor and Other People of Color". Senior Theses, Trinity College, Hartford, CT 2021.
Trinity College Digital Repository, https://digitalrepository.trincoll.edu/theses/926
Included in
Civil Rights and Discrimination Commons, Courts Commons, Criminal Law Commons, Criminal Procedure Commons, Jurisprudence Commons, Law and Race Commons, Law and Society Commons
Comments
Senior thesis completed at Trinity College, Hartford CT for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy & Law.