Social Justice in law enforcement

As stated in the course description, the University is committed to social responsibility, supports social justice, and celebrates diversity.

Social justice is defined in many different ways depending on the entity that is making the definition. The entity making the definition defines it from the way they perceive the world. For the purposes of this writing assignment, social justice will be defined as conforming to the natural law that all persons irrespective of ethnic origin, gender, possessions, race, religion etc., are to be treated equally and without prejudice. Social justice also imposes on each member of society personal responsibility to work with others to design and continually perfect our institutions as tools for personal and social development.

With regards to law enforcement and social justice, some individuals feel that law enforcement and the war on drugs creates social injustice by targeting minority and low income communities.  These proponents believe decriminalizing many laws, instituting zero bail initiatives, de-funding the police, and or eliminating prisons all together will balance the scales of justice.

• Write a 1,500-word paper that is APA formatted (not including the title, abstract, or reference page) paper that address whether or not law enforcement and the war on drugs creates a social injustice on minority and low-income communities. 
• Compare and contrast federal and state laws as they pertain to drugs in society and the most effective methodology for dealing with communities having a high drug problem and low-income issue. 
• Do the aforementioned extreme solutions presented by some politicians actually reduce or increase crime and or reduce or increase social inequality. 
• How do the communities relate with law enforcement as they address the problems?