CRMJ 205 1st Edition Exam 1 Study Guide EXAM 1 QUESTION 2 This is the actual question that will need to be answered on the exam Question 2 Guenther 1976 offered to us in this early analysis into the state of the Criminal Justice System that it is unfair harsh and biased Instead he offered that we have a CriminalProcessing System Interpret this statement from Guenther specifically highlighting issues of 1 perceptions and stereotypes 2 the politicization of crime and 3 the relationship between social economic and political isolation Instructions 1050 1750 words properly cited and references your choice but APA is recommended underline key concepts Lecture 1 11 I Stereotypes and Perceptions a White Privilege Access to resources and social rewards Power to shape the norms and values of society Inherent privilege institutional not personal racist society To acknowledge these benefits is to admit the sociopolitical and economic reality Not the admittance and abuse of the privilege it is the unconscious reality of the benefits that make admitting to it that much more powerful b Critical Race Theory Sought to explain how minorities adapt to an environment in which they were generally denied access Innate racial inferiority was used as justification for their mistreatment c Pepinsky What is justice II Politicization of Crime a Deviancy Amplification New legislation imposing more severe punishment Criminal justice net widening Public demands more security and tougher sentences for offenders criminal justice system loses some discretion and chooses more formal sanctions b c Emotion and Crime Emotionalization of Law has permeated and altered the criminal justice system Influences victims offenders and criminal justice practitioners Popular Punitivism To control is to embrace punitive policy Signs of use 1 Increases in sentencing rates 2 Harsher penalties 3 Zero tolerance policy 4 Sex offender registries 5 Media increases use of rhetorical idioms tough on crime and do the crime do the time Popular Punitivism 1 Citizens fearful demand and support antique penal practices mass incarceration boot camps chain gangs sex offender notification zero tolerance etc Nicole Rafer creating Born Criminals 1 Rhetoric of rectitude we must protect x from x 2 Rhetoric of rationality we must protect y from d Southern Strategy Right wing republicans sought support Designed to exploit the tendency among whites with racial animus to associate violent crime with African Americans III Social Economic and Political Isolation a Economic and Social Isolation Finding a job that would sustain you neighborhoods People unlike you are making the decisions for you b Economic inequality Large gap between rich and poor w o regard to race or ethnicity Large economic gap between white Americans and racial minorities The growth of the very poor a group some analysts call an underclass in the past 30 years c Standard measure of inequality Income Wealth Unemployment Poverty status
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