Assignment:
Question 1. Identify other events during this period that your colleagues may have not considered. Explain the impact of these events.
The antiquated pre-Civil War criminal justice system demanded reform to reflect new laws in regards to female prisoners, freed slaves, and juvenile offenders. Therefore, legislature scrambled to increase their role to support equality (Roth, 2011).
The Molly Maguires was a contentious organization, committing violent crimes in the 1870s. Their acts of violence were the cause of dissension, citing that mine owners were guilty of oppressing the working class citizen. The Molly Maguires used acts of terrorism and death, aimed at mine owners and their body guards to avenge the mistreatment of worker. On what is called “Black Thursday”, ten Molly Maguires were hung for their crimes (Greenberg, 2003).
In the late 1890s, the Sioux Indians came under attack by the U.S. Army’s 7th Calvary due to their belief in Ghost Dance. The fight that ensued at Wounded Knee, South Dakota resulted in mass the mass murder of a large number of the Sioux Tribe, including men, women, and children (Mullins & Kauzlarich, 2000).
The strike at Carnegie's Homestead Steel Mill was violently interrupted in 1892 by private security guards, where 20 protestors were killed. The Homestead strike had been was planned by union officials with the intent of being peaceful, but meaningful (Kutchins, 2001).
The Molly Maguire, the Massacre of Sioux at Wounded Knee, and the Strike at Carnegie’s Homestead Steel Mill are portrayed as acts of terrorism. These and other crimes prompted increased training and better education among law enforcement. The Supreme Court ruled that despite physical characteristics such as race and gender, all citizens would be treated equally and without partiality (Roth, 2011).
Bibliography:
Greenberg, M. A. (2003). Citizen police: A valuable resource for America's homeland security. Journal of Security Administration, 26(1), 25-37.
Kutchins, H. (2001). Neither alms nor a friend: The tragedy of compassionate conservatism. Social Justice, 28(1), 14-34.
Mullins, C. W., & Kauzlarich, D. (2000). The ghost dance and wounded knee: A criminological examination. Social Pathology, 6(4), 264-283.
Roth, M. P. (2011). Crime and punishment: A history of the criminal justice system (2nd ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth Publishing.