CRIMILOLOGY Policing, Prosecution & White Collar crime

Herbert Packer: Crime Control in a Democratic Society Two competing models of our CJ system: Two competing models of our CJ system: *Crime Control *Due Process

Crime Control Key concerns: Key concerns: >apprehension and punishment of criminals >stresses the criminal justice system’s need to capture and process criminals in the most efficient manner possible

Due Process Key Concerns: Key Concerns: >the detection and prosecution of suspects are unreliable and fraught with error >some errors come from honest mistakes; others stem from deliberate deception and bias

Due Process *CJ system needs to protect suspects from error and limit the government’s ability to use the legal system arbitrarily and abusively *emphasizes procedural justice

What are the origins of the Due Process Model? U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights >right to counsel >jury trials >right to confront witnesses >freedom from unreasonable searches, seizures and cruel and unusual punishment

Tensions between Crime Control and Due Process The more crime control we want, the less due process we can have The more crime control we want, the less due process we can have

Jerome Skolnick: Working Personality The work people do affects the way they view the world and even their personalities. The work people do affects the way they view the world and even their personalities. The “working personality” of the police stems from the danger of their job. The “working personality” of the police stems from the danger of their job.

Policing: Issues Excessive Force Excessive Force Corruption: Meat-Eaters and Grass Eaters Corruption: Meat-Eaters and Grass Eaters Discretion Discretion Race, Ethnicity and Arrests: Racial Profiling Race, Ethnicity and Arrests: Racial Profiling Gender and Arrest Gender and Arrest Impact of Policing on Crime: Deterrence Impact of Policing on Crime: Deterrence

White Collar Crime “A crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation”-Edwin Sutherland (1949) “A crime committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation”-Edwin Sutherland (1949)