LAWS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Racial Profiling, Double Standard, Secret Trial
24 Dec 2016
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Juries everyday perspectives and social values: problem of bias of jurors, interest prejudice (vested interest, specific prejudice (attitudes about particular case, generic prejudice (attitudes about groups/crimes, normative prejudice (belief in a community position) Lawyers: gatekeepers (require them) non-equal access, in principle money isn(cid:495)t an issue, in practice it is, typology of motivations list of core types/themes of motivations lawyers have. (i. e public interest lawyers vs. individual cases/people). Often seen as selling your allegiance to a corporation or cause. (mcdonalds, the state [r. v]: public interest, corporate, service to the system, service to the individual. Law enforcement (police: product of over and under presentation of minorities. Stopping people: police as the selectors of laws/criminals (enforceability, example: j-walking, geographic focus/systemic effect, broken windows theory: certain crimes and visually (graffiti, rusted items, broken windows) encourages more crimes to be committed as it seems no one cares.
