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San Diego State University The Strong Arm of the Law Discussion

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I’m working on a criminal justice question and need support to help me learn.

The article “The Strong Arm of the Law; San Diego Officers, Deputies turn to force more often when minorities are involved” was published in The San Diego Union Tribune in April 2021.  Please read the article (it is attached here and can also be found online on the San Diego Union Tribune website) and respond to the following prompts in your discussion groups:

When you look at the graphs presented in this article that show the various forms of force used by the San Diego Police Department and the San Diego Sheriff’s Department:

What trends to you notice?  

How do you make sense of these trends? (i.e. how do you interpret them?)

Do they resonate with your own observations/experiences?

  • What more information or additional data would you like to know/see about this topic in order to make a more informed judgment? 

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