1 / 38

Crime and Criminal Justice

Crime and Criminal Justice. 3/20/2012. Learning Objectives. Use knowledge and analyses of social problems to evaluate public policy, and to suggest policy alternatives, with special reference to questions of social justice, the common good, and public and individual responsibility.

pembroke
Download Presentation

Crime and Criminal Justice

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Crime and Criminal Justice 3/20/2012

  2. Learning Objectives • Use knowledge and analyses of social problems to evaluate public policy, and to suggest policy alternatives, with special reference to questions of social justice, the common good, and public and individual responsibility. • Critically analyze social problems by identifying value perspectives and applying concepts of sociology, political science, and economics;

  3. Opportunities to discuss course content • Today-11-2 • Monday 10-2

  4. About Paper 2 • What it Contains • Revised Paper I paper • A critical analysis and a moral analysis of the Controversial Policy Solution • 9-11 TOTAL Pages- 15 Works Cited • Due in class on 4/12 • Rubric

  5. Who commits crmes?

  6. Who commits Crime • Age • Opportunity • Economics

  7. Victims of Crime- Age

  8. Victims of Crime: Race

  9. Hate Crimes • Must show that crime is bias motivated. • There has to be an actual crime committed • Hurt Feelings are not protected under Hate Crime legislation

  10. The Judicial Process Crime and The Courts

  11. The Bill of Rights Provides Basic Criminal Protections • ½ of all felonies are dismissed • Unreasonable search and seizures • Self Incrimination • Exclusionary Rule

  12. So you have been arrested step 1 • Read your rights • Booked • Meet with a lawyer

  13. Arrested Part 2 • Taken before a judge before trial • Bail • Who is denied Bail? • Recognizance

  14. Arraignment • The charges are read against you • Plea of guilty or not guilty • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsKZiIX-ij0&NR=1

  15. Plea bargaining • 90% of cases are plea bargained • Cuts down on costs and system overload • Critics argue that it disadvantages the poor

  16. Sentencing • Duty of the judge to decide who gets what • States differ in maximum and minimums • This has lead to an increase in incarceration

  17. Where you go • Probation • Jails- run by county or city • Prisons- usually run by state for sentences of 1 year or more • Federal Prisons

  18. The Growth of the Prison Population

  19. Incarceration/ Supervison

  20. Race and Ethnicity

  21. Incarceration Rates • 750 Americans per 100,000 • 1 in 30 between 20 and 34 • 1 in 5 black males • 1 in 36 Hispanic Males • 1 in 99 adults were in prison or jails

  22. The Growth in the Prison Population • It has increased by 4x since 1975 • Why the Increase?

  23. More Arrests

  24. Likely To Go To Jail

  25. Tough On Violent Crime

  26. Drug Arrests

  27. Probation and Prison

  28. Prison Overcrowding • Locking people up leads to crowded Prisons • Why is this a problem?

  29. Goals of corrections • Incapacitation • Restitution

  30. Goals of Corrections Part 2 • Deterrence • Rehabilitation

  31. Costs of Corrections • How much do we spend • 6.8% of state budgets • $49 Billion nationwide • 3.3. Billion in Texas • Why so Costly?

  32. Who is Spending

  33. Costs

  34. The Problem of Recidivism • The Repeat of an Offense • 2/3-3/4 are Recidivists • Parole, Probation and Rehabilitation do not seem to work.

  35. What can We do? • Broad Social Reform • More Money for Rehabilitation These are unlikely

  36. Legalizing/Decriminalizing • Victimless Crimes • Minor Drug offenses It sends a message that society tolerates and supports such activities

  37. Alternatives to prisons • Current system is very expensive • More unconditional releases • More House arrests

  38. Make people less of a target • Better home/personal security • Decrease environmental opportunities. • More cameras • More Police • More lights

More Related