The criminal justice system in the United States of America was created with noble intentions. The basis of the system goes back to the first book of the biblical Genesis and the story of Cain and Capable. The criminal justice system was created to be morally responsive to an increasingly diverse society. Moral dilemmas within the system arise from concerns about the principles of good and bad behavior of public officials. These principles are often rooted in a culture of human character, that is, considered essential to the criminal justice system. This biblical story mentioned above defined the way justice was administered for thousands of years. The quote “an eye for an eye” continues to be the standard adopted by courts throughout the ages. Race is a problem. Ignoring, in turn, ignores the role played by White people, who created race as a concept, and allows White people to “forget” or claim their innocence (2005, pp. 32-35). A practical definition of moral issue in the criminal justice system is: which involves a specific type of situation, i.e. acts that affect other minority groups may be thought of as if an issue is d moral order, then it is a question involving bad action. We can agree that crime is disproportionately an urban problem. as a result, black men are also disproportionately victims of violent crime in the capital. The Bureau of Justice Statistics recorded the following data on all homicides: white victims 50.9%, black victims 46.9%, white offenders 45.8%, and black offenders 52.2%. The truth is that 5 to 10 percent of Americans, including poor black and white youth, are victims of violent crime at record rates. Many policymakers and public administrators have addressed...... middle of paper...... (November 19, 2009). Can our shameful prisons be reformed? By David Cole. The New York Review of Books. Home. The New York Review of Books. Retrieved May 18, 2012, from http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2009/nov/19/can-our-shameful-prisons-be-reformed/?pagination=falseFlorida Regional Community Policing Institute (March 2005) . ). Ethical Issues and Decisions in Law Enforcement. Heather Mac Donald (May 14, 2010). Distorting the truth about crime and race. The New York Times does it again. Mastrorilli, Mary Ellen, (2012). Week 2: Racial Discrimination in the Criminal Justice System, Boston University. The challenge of prisons. Mike's blog. (November 8, 2009). Mike's blog. School of Government, UNC-Chapel Hill. Retrieved May 18, 2012 from http://mrs.sog.unc.edu/?p=962Tushar Kansal (January 2005). Racial disparity in sentencing: A review of the literature