A Race to Justice: Making a Case for Challenging Racial Bias in Military Justice

Abstract

By analyzing instances of racially-charged civil unrest through the lens of the United States involvement in armed conflict, this thesis seeks to demonstrate a pattern of armed conflict, followed by civil unrest, and chased by studies concerning race relations. In doing so, it finds that the DoD has been studying race relations, particularly as it relates to discipline and military justice, for decades. Taking all the available military data and comparing it to relevant civilian data, the DoD has sufficient information to determine racial bias does exist in the military justice system. Moreover, the DoD is uniquely poised to combat racial bias in military justice because it has the requisite structure, resources, and the professional ethic to enact change. Accordingly, this thesis calls the DoD to action in combating racial bias in military justice beginning today.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 08, 2021
Accession Number
AD1177946

Entities

People

  • Kaley S. Chan

Organizations

  • Marine Corps University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Civil Rights
  • Congress
  • Court Martial
  • Criminal Justice System
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Human Population
  • International Law
  • Law Enforcement
  • Management Personnel
  • Military Personnel
  • Minority Groups
  • National Security
  • Personnel Management
  • Prejudice
  • Societies
  • Warfare

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