CRIM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Plea Bargain, Latera, American Justice
11 Oct 2015
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A system is a set of parts coordinated to accomplish a set of goals. Characteristics: overall goals and objectives, shared definitions of success, uniform performance measures, overall management yielding a high level of coordination and cooperation. The american justice system is a hodgepodge of uncoordinated institutions run independently by almost every governmental unit. Characteristics: competing objectives, multiplicity of goals (no overall goals, multiple measures of performance, multiple definitions of success, no overall management, limited coordination, limited cooperation (turf battles, goal conflict. Private security the 17th square on the grid: billion in annual expenditures, 4,000 agencies, 2 million employed (more than public law enforcement) Police discretion: warn/reprimand, make them become an informant (stable, cite, arrest and street release, arrest and detain/book, then release, arrest and detain/book, what charge. Prosecutorial discretion: release or charge, what charges, when to charge, plea bargain. Vertical- reduce the severity of the charges. Procedural control of the case: sentencing (indeterminate vs. determinate)
