CRM-102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Due Process, August Vollmer, Exclusionary Rule

• School: University of Tampa
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CRM-102
• Professor: Armstrong

Document Summary

The criminal justice system: the law enforcement, court, and correctional agencies that work together to effect the apprehension, prosecution, and control of criminal offenders. The wickersham commission (1931) reviewed the system nationwide and found numerous problems. 1968: congress passed the safe streets and crime control act. Through the law enforcement assistance administration, provided federal funding to state and local law enforcement and funded education and research. It is better to treat than to punish. Constitutional rights and democratic ideals take precedence over punishment. Desire to preserve resources for more serious cases. The (cid:272)ri(cid:373)i(cid:374)al justi(cid:272)e syste(cid:373) is so(cid:272)iety"s i(cid:374)stru(cid:373)e(cid:374)t of so(cid:272)ial (cid:272)o(cid:374)trol. In reality cases are often settled informally through cooperative agreements. Labeling individuals as criminals is harmful and disruptive. Equal treatment should be given for equal crimes. Corrections workers have significant coercive and punitive power of incarcerated offenders. Crimes are behaviors that are harmful to the majority of citizens.