SOCL 3371 Lecture : Lecture 21 1
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Lecture 21 dna, terrorism, crime oh my! Big cities (500,000 citizens) compared to 47% of the time in. The future of dna mining: what are 7 possible scenarios that tracy and morgan suggest the future of dna mining could look like, no dna databases, highly unlikely. Louisiana in this category (selected misdemeanors), farthest a system has gone. Too intrusive if we believe that all people are innocent until otherwise: the total population. In times of fear, government looks for ways of engaging in prevention without being subject to the rigors of the criminal process: substantive expansion of responsibility, procedural changes by replacing criminal processes with administrative ones. Individual rights are relaxed due to not being a criminal trial. Incarcerated persons 2x more likely to be charged with new offense. What matters is not just whether we reduce crime, but how : defines our vision of society/humanity, racial justice and civil rights.
