SOC 3730 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Law Abiding Citizen, Miscarriage Of Justice, Due Process
16 Apr 2016
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Crime control- goals (#1 focus is getting criminals off the street and protecting law abiding citizens) Protection: the protection of law abiding citizen from those who commit crimes, under the assumption that criminals are different than non criminals. Deterrence: trying to essentially deter people before they commit a crime. Punishment: deterrence is done through harsher punishment, if you break the law you will be punished. To get people in and out of they system as quickly as possible. Fact finding: looking for factual guilt rather than legal guilt, less evidence. Punishment: achieved on this assumption that we will have mandatory punishment for those who commit crime, punishment is inevitable. Presumption of guilt: you are guilty because you came into the system, police do not make mistakes if they lay a charge against you, you must be guilty. Officials: we trust officials because the assumption is that they are there to protect us and they know what is right.
