Crime After Crime – Debbie Peagler’s Story

Crime After Crime – Debbie Peagler’s Story

one page analysis (front/back) please address the following statement using details from Crime After Crime – Debbie Peagler’s Story:

Barbara Bloom states “the intersection of race, class and gender represent a triple jeopardy for women of color within the Criminal Justice System.” In other words, your outcome in the Criminal Justice System is one that is based not just your class, and gender but your race as well.  These extra-legal factors have long term implications on the legitimacy of our Criminal Justice System and our ability to extract justice from the criminal trial process. This Triple Jeopardy gives way to a new form of racism and segregation which cycles through families and ultimately destroys communities.

Your reaction to this statement should include the following:

 

Important points made in the telling of Debbie Peagler’s story

Was justice in fact served by the way Debbie Peagler was treated by the Criminal Justice System?

Was Debbie’s treatment based on preconceived notions and stereotypes about the lives of African American females and the violence that surrounds them?

 

Was Debbie Peagler a victim of the Bloom’s “Triple Jeopardy”? And if so, how can African American & Latino women ever expect to receive just sentences for their crimes?