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Criminal Justice Policy. Crime & Punishment. Introduction: Goals of Criminal Justice Policy. Deterrence Incapacitation Justice/Retribution Rehabilitation Public Order Efficiency. Crime in America. Two stories Major changes in crime rates Cross-national perspective
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Criminal Justice Policy Crime & Punishment
Introduction: Goals of Criminal Justice Policy • Deterrence • Incapacitation • Justice/Retribution • Rehabilitation • Public Order • Efficiency
Crime in America • Two stories • Major changes in crime rates • Cross-national perspective • Explaining the changes • Crime and deterrence • Certainty, swiftness, and severity
Prisons and Correctional Policy in the age of mass incarceration • Costs and benefits of mass incarceration ? • Too many prisoners? • Rising Prison populations • It’s the prosecutors, (stupid) • Mandatory sentencing • The prison bottleneck • The myth of the “non-violent drug offender "solution • The myth of the “it’s the private prisons” solution • Prison alternatives/Smarter deterrence • Race and mass incarceration
Drugs and Crime • Drug use • The “war on drug” • Assessing the war on drugs • Treatment • Legalization/decriminalization • Marijuana • Smarter enforcement • Politics and public opinion
Guns and Crime • Guns in crime and gun ownership • America and guns • Effectiveness of gun control? • The 2nd Amendment and gun control • DC v Heller and McDonald v. Chicago • Reforming gun laws
Death Penalty • Executions • Comparative perspective • Death Penalty and Constitutional Law • Death penalty and deterrence • The deterrence paradox • Death penalty eligibility • Death penalty mistakes • Public Opinion
Conclusion • Thinking smarter about criminal justice • The politics of reform