POLS 3300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Forensic Pathology, Wrong Impression
1 Oct 2013
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General confidence is important for two reasons legitimizes the criminal justice system: system"s operationalization itself. Witness willing to be a witness against the mob ward if the. System relies on the confidence of citizens! Police have highest confidence in canada: almost half have high and moderate confidence! Parole officials: less than 10 percent have high confidence" in them! Rcmp has very high confidence, next to: local police, supreme court, prosecutors, courts. Nurses, doctors, teachers, police, non-profit volunteers, judges, prosecutors, etc. Confidence order that citizens have of occupations. Politicians are in the bottom of this list of trusted/confident-in these occupations. People have confidence police can prevent and solve crime. Court is good at determining guilt, but not imposing a sentence. Corrections are good at preventing escape but not so good at rehabilitzing offenders. These stats are all from citizens point of view. Governing criminal justice legitimacy: confidence, rule of law (fundamental fairness is another way of phrasing) independence from politics, accountability.
