how does social class come in contact with the criminal justice system?

Question

does your social class make you a victim for the criminal justice system?

Answer 1

Lower class people make up the majority of the prison population. The structure of our society makes them more likely to commit crime. The ones in power write the laws and make the behavior of the lower class illegal.

Answer 2

The justice system is way large and very bureaucratic.
Having $$ lets you get an attorney to figure stuff out, no $$ and you have to wing it on your own and most people screw that up because they do not understand the law or think telling a sad story will get the judge to ignore the law.

Answer 3

Of course it does- look at OJ, the most famous of all examples. They are very closely tied together.