CRM J 205 1st Edition Lecture 6 Outline of Last Lecture I Race and Criminal Justice Issues a 2009 Incarceration rates in state and federal b Rates of rape and sexual assault against Native American Women are Higher than for either White or African American Women II Racism in the Criminal Justice System III Disparity vs Discrimination Outline of Current Lecture I II III Framing Justice a Guenther 1976 b Pepinsky 1993 c Crank 2003 d Best 1979 e Deshaney Case Young 2000 Cohen 1972 Current Lecture What is Justice I Framing Justice a Guenther 1976 Unfair harsh and unjust b Pepinsky 1993 What is Justice I don t know because I don t know you Justice is in the eye of the beholder It differs based on our individual experiences Collective justice exists but can often be misguided Isolated victimization c Crank 2003 Step outside of the normative justice approach and consider the broader context in which justice is practiced see the individuals across all levels Who are the what are their experiences what guides them d Best 1979 Contextual Constructivism e Deshaney Case Courts must not pursue justice These 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 What are personal factors II Young 2000 a Inversion of casual Reality rather than acknowledge that we have a problem in society because of issues in the social order the problems in society become the source of the problem b Example Increasing Drug Arrest rates are a problem of drug users Violent crime is an inner city phenomenon and thus the problem is the inner city and those that live within it Schools that can t pass standardized testing is a problem of that school not the larger issues c Welfare states strong social safety net not negative but the connotation has become negative III Cohen 1972 a Moral Panic Occurs when conditions events groups or individuals become a threat to societal values and interests b Example Alcohol historical marijuana black males became violent and raped white women Contemporary example immigration worry is really only Hispanic c Mediated Moral Panic Extreme focus on crime and social issues gay rights
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