01:920:101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Embezzlement, Shoplifting, Cybercrime
14 Aug 2019
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Today, the united states locks up more people )nearly all men) per capita than any other country and has by far the most punitive justice system in the world. Blacks with no criminal history fared no better than did whites with a felony conviction. The united states" use of capital punishment (the death penalty) makes the country an unusual case compared to other liberal democratic nations. Support for capital punishment is high in the united staes, though it has been steadily declining since peaking in the mid-1990s. Gsrland suggests that in western nations, the masses are generally in support of the death penalty, while elites will move to overturn it. Molotch argues that measures like racial or physical profiling, designed to help security officers identify potentially dangerous individuals, can actually make it easier for those individuals to thwart security measures.
