CJS 101 1st Edition Lecture 5Outline of Last Lecture II. Criminal law and its limitsA. law and criminal law definedIII. Differences between criminal law and civil lawIV. Substantial and procedural law definedA. common law defined Vlll. Procedural due process A. bill of rights defined B. standards of proof C. elements of crimeOutline of Current Lecture V. 1950’s AmericaVI. Civil rights movementA) Jim Crow lawsVII. 1960’s- a Decade in FluxVlll. Crime in AmericaA) rise in crimeB) race and crimeCurrent LectureThe politics of crime control: race, drugs and mass incarceration1950’s America:-middle class prosperity-relatively low crime and low prison populationsThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.-world of racial segregation-inequalityCivil rights movement: Supreme court rules that segregation in public schools is unconstitutional- Brown vs. Board of educationJim crow laws: separating whites from black in the south1960’s- a Decade in Flux:-fight against de jure segregation and for voting rights-meets great resistance in the American South- assassination of JFK-civil rights act of 1964- voting rights act of 1965 (mark end to legal or de jure segregation)-period of tension between non- violent civil rights movement & more militant activists-assassination of Malcolm X-vietnam war- assassination of MLK; Robert Kennedy-Massive rise in crime/rise of heroinCrime in America:-prior to the mid-1960’s crime levels were low, imprisonment rates low-poverty for minorities-largely shifted from rural south to urban areas in Midwest/north-poverty------ drugs (heroin)Rise in Crime:-1965; 200 violent crimes per 100,000 people-1972; 401 violent crimes per 100,000 people-delcined prison populations in north and Midwest during same time periodCrime problem complicated by: anti war movement, student counter-culture, violence in civil rights movement, race riots, breakdown of non-violent approachesRace and Crime: violent crime increases in cities (clustered in minority areas), police relationships with minorities=poor, gap between crime and incarcerationCourts due process revolution: Mapp v Ohio, Gideon v Wainright, Miranda v
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