CRM/LAW C115 Lecture 4: The Great Experiment: Realigning Criminal Justice in California and Beyond (01/19/17)
21 Jan 2017
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The great experiment: realigning criminal justice in california and beyond. Charis kubrin and caroll seron (department of criminology, law & society) introduction. Criminology, law and society as partner in understanding both causes and consequences of crime in our communities. Supreme court decision: brown vs. plata: conditions of confinement in california violate the eighth amendment, which guarantees protection against cruel and unusual punishment, california must reduce prison population to 137. 5% of prison capacity. Significant number of people to be moved from state prisons. (cid:862)the (cid:271)iggest (cid:272)ri(cid:373)i(cid:374)al justi(cid:272)e e(cid:454)peri(cid:373)e(cid:374)t e(cid:448)er (cid:272)o(cid:374)du(cid:272)ted i(cid:374) a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:863: petersilia, 2012, prison downsizing experiment. Dire predictions that realignment would cause crime wave: be(cid:272)ause (cid:449)e"re retur(cid:374)i(cid:374)g all these individuals to the county level. Identified a group of prisoners that would be returned to the county where they reside and each county was given a budget to come up with a plan of how to manage these ex-prisoners (state-level prisoners) at the county-level.
