CJ 0852 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: People V. Turner, White Privilege
7 Sep 2020
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Brock turner got justice, the victim didn"t. Recitivism for sex crimes is lower than other crimes. May be because sex crimes go largely unreported. Should go off laws - not personal beliefs. Perspective of understanding the criminal justice system is important. The constitution was written by white men. Behavior considered wrong: can me major (murder) or minor (spit on sidewalk) Location, time, person, even specific define acts as deviant (e. g. yelling at football game vs in library) Informal social control are actions taken by people conveying disapproval and are often enough to control minor deviant acts. Serious acts of deviance require state control: laws and cj intervention. Laws define actions, circumstances that make them illegal, and punishment attached to it. Ignorance of the law is no excuse. Mala inse acts are wrong in an of themselves. Mala prohibita acts are wrong because we say so. Felonies are serious crimes punishable by more than 1 year of confinement.
