SOC 3730 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mandatory Sentencing, Roman Law, David Milgaard
11 Mar 2014
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Protection of community, people and law abiding citizens. Deter people from committing crimes in the first place. Make it so that people don"t want to commit crimes because they don"t want the punishment. Motto commit the crime and you will be punished . As many people in and out of the system as possible. Greater and greater number of people to deal with. Move people as quickly through the system as possible. Putting the majority of them in prison as possible in the extreme levels of crime control. If charges are laid you must be guilty. Trust officials because we know they want to protect us. If they apprehend someone it is always for good reason. Officials know what they"re doing therefore no errors occur. Diminish individual rights; they get in the way of the efficient process. In conflict with protection of law abiding persons. Fewer challenges; challenges disrupt the system and slow it down.
