SOCI 2250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Observational Error, Decision Points, Community Sentence
14 Nov 2016
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Inequality is generated: through individual decisions and actions, through the rules and structures of the system itself. Reasons for criminal sanctions: deterrence preventing more crime. Incapacitation locking up serious criminals: rehabilitation helping people get back to the society. Probation: a community sentence received in lieu of incarceration. Jail: a short-term incarceration (usually less than a year: those sentenced less than a year, detaining those who might harm the community in pretrial period. Prison: a longer term of incarceration (usually longer than a year) Parole: a period of community supervision following release. Reasons for racial inequalities in arrests: differences in offending, certain groups may offend at greater rates. Circumstantial and social differences: differences in criminal behavior between races. Systematic bias: neighborhood policing patterns, decisions about criminalizing certain behavior. Decisions at the prosecution stage: whether a case will be prosecuted. Pretrial detention and setting bail (affect every case: defendant legal representation (affect every case)
