crimilology policing, prosecution & white collar crime
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CRIMILOLOGYCRIMILOLOGY
Policing, Prosecution & White Policing, Prosecution & White Collar crimeCollar crime
Herbert Packer: Crime Control Herbert Packer: Crime Control in a Democratic Societyin a Democratic Society
Two competing Two competing models of our CJ models of our CJ system:system:
*Crime Control*Crime Control
*Due Process*Due Process
Crime ControlCrime Control
Key concerns:Key concerns:
>apprehension and >apprehension and punishment of criminalspunishment of criminals
>stresses the criminal >stresses the criminal justice system’s need justice system’s need to capture and process to capture and process criminals in the most criminals in the most efficient manner efficient manner possiblepossible
Due ProcessDue Process
Key Concerns:Key Concerns:
>the detection and >the detection and prosecution of suspects are prosecution of suspects are unreliable and fraught with unreliable and fraught with errorerror
>some errors come from >some errors come from honest mistakes; others honest mistakes; others stem from deliberate stem from deliberate deception and biasdeception and bias
Due ProcessDue Process*CJ system needs to protect suspects *CJ system needs to protect suspects
from error and limit the from error and limit the government’s ability to use the legal government’s ability to use the legal system arbitrarily and abusivelysystem arbitrarily and abusively
*emphasizes procedural justice*emphasizes procedural justice
What are the origins of the Due What are the origins of the Due Process Model?Process Model?
U.S. Constitution and Bill of RightsU.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights
>right to counsel>right to counsel
>jury trials>jury trials
>right to confront witnesses>right to confront witnesses
>freedom from unreasonable >freedom from unreasonable searches, seizures and cruel and searches, seizures and cruel and unusual punishmentunusual punishment
Tensions between Crime Tensions between Crime Control and Due ProcessControl and Due Process
The more crime control we want, the The more crime control we want, the less due process we can haveless due process we can have
Jerome Skolnick: Working Jerome Skolnick: Working PersonalityPersonality
The work people do affects the way The work people do affects the way they view the world and even their they view the world and even their personalities.personalities.
The “working personality” of the The “working personality” of the police stems from the danger of their police stems from the danger of their job.job.
Policing: IssuesPolicing: Issues Excessive ForceExcessive Force Corruption: Meat-Corruption: Meat-
Eaters and Grass Eaters and Grass EatersEaters
DiscretionDiscretion Race, Ethnicity and Race, Ethnicity and
Arrests: Racial ProfilingArrests: Racial Profiling Gender and ArrestGender and Arrest Impact of Policing on Impact of Policing on
Crime: DeterrenceCrime: Deterrence