CCJ-4614 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Lady Justice, Social Class, Knapp Commission
6 Dec 2018
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Policing : dilemmas of crime control in a democratic society. Justice should be blind to personal differences. Focus on traffic & other mundane matters. The work ppl do affects the way they view the world & their personalities. Police world view stems from potential danger. Unknown how much excessive force occurs each year. Risk of brutality higher fro white suspects than blacks accoridng to reiss study. A disproportionate # civilians killed by the police (50%) african american/ latino. Women less likely to be victims of police bturality. More than one-fifth of officers engage in one act of corruption (bribes) Police, in many cases, choose to arrest or not. Research in this area is complex and ambiguous. Race, arrest, and the war on drugs. African-americans and hispanics no more likely to use drugs than whites. African-americans and hispanics are more likely to be arrested for drug offenses. Police resources are focused on communities w/ higher proportions of ppl of color.
