Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Goals Federalism System perspective Characteristics Operations Flow of decision making Crime and Justice in a Multicultural Society
Preventing Crime
Doing Justice
Accountability for offenses Protect rights Equality under the law Discretion
Controlling Crime
Apprehension Prosecution Punishment Within the bounds of the law
Preventing Crime
Police presence Punishment as deterrent Problems with citizen invoked crime prevention
Federalism
A system of government in which power is divided between a central (national) government and regional (state) governments.
System Perspective
Interdependent subsystems Exchange relationships Example: plea bargains
Discretion
Arrest or let go? Long or short sentence? Prosecute or dismiss?
Resource Dependence
Politicians Public Media
Sequential Tasks
Police
Courts
Corrections
POLICE
Keep the peace Combat crime Prevent crime Provide social services
COURTS
Dual Court System US and State Variance among states Adjudication Sentencing
CORRECTIONS
Only about 1/3 incarcerated Community supervision Federal, State, and local Privatization trend
Competing Models
Potential Explanations
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Black Rate / White Rate
8
Black Rate / White Rate
7 6
Black Imprisonment Rate
5 4 3
2 1
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Year