Title: National Social Science Association
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Content: Social justice considers a broader concept of justice than the criminal justice. Issues of sexism, racism and inequality are also part of the concern of social justice. For instance, in considering capital punishment cases, a pattern of racial bias has long been apparent. The race of the offender and the race of the victim have been shown to influence the death sentence. Minorities have been more likely to receive death penalties than whites. While there are other reasons to argue against the death penalty, this obvious racial proclivity is a violation of the notion of social justice. The minority offender may be guilty of a heinous crime, but the peacemaking perspective argues against the death penalty on social justice grounds when there are such extralegal factors affecting the sentence. Inclusion. The idea behind inclusion is simple. It suggests that the criminal justice system needs to be more inclusive of the stakeholders in the community.