ADMJ 101 Lecture 24: ADMJ_101_-_Lecture_24
Document Summary
Crime control in the 21st century: carceral state and collateral consequences. Anthony platt, social insecurity: the transformation of american criminal justice, The u. s. has largest, most complex, most expensive, and most punitive system in the world. Ironically, also has most insecurity about crime in the west, with no relief in sight: policing the crisis, privatization, imprisonment redux, apartheid justice, criminalizing, policing the crisis. Main beneficiary of new largesse was police. Funding to hire many more police officers nationally. Development shaped by rise of police-industrial complex. Introduced technology and managerial techniques of command and control into policing. Backed by government subsidies and heavy reliance on military expertise: privatization. Privatization has increased so much, line between public and private functions blurred. Privatization: security, administration of prisons, prison labor, contracting out of jail services, purchase of equipment: imprisonment redux. Oklahoma prison population increased vastly since late 1900s: apartheid justice. African americans bear brunt of law-and-order crackdown: criminalizing youth.
