1. Sensible Policies on Crime
Class 1

2. Administrative
I have my grade book so I can tell you which quizzes you missed and on which you did poorly
Office Hours
Monday 10-11:30, 1:30-3:00
Tuesday 2:00-3:30
Thursday 10-11
Final Exam – Thursday 5/9, noon-2:30, SCA 100

3. Review Crime as a social construct
Crime and Criminal Justice in U.S. History
Reality and Myths of Various Crime Issues
Missing Children
Serial Killers and Stalkers
Organized Crime
Drugs
White Collar and Corporate Crime

4. Review Realities and Myths of the Criminal Justice System
Police and Police Work
The Courts and Criminal trials
The Corrections System
Government and Media as creators and spreaders of crime stereotypes
There are policies that work and we can have a more effective criminal justice system

5. Today – Turning What We Know into Sensible Policy
The Law
The Police
The Courts
The Corrections System
Other Policies to Reduce Crime
The Politics of Criminal Justice Reform
Key Ideas from Today’s Class

6. I. The Law
What laws and changes in the law are unlikely to be successful at reducing crime? Why?
What laws and changes in the law are more likely to be successful at reducing crime? Why?

7. II. The Police
What uses of police forces and police tactics are unlikely to reduce crime? Why?
What uses of police forces and police tactics are more likely to reduce crime? Why?

8. III. The Courts
What kinds of behavior or changes in behavior by courts are unlikely to reduce crime? Why?
What kinds of behavior or changes in behavior by courts are more likely to reduce crime? Why?
How about the conviction of suspects who are not guilty?

9. IV. The Corrections System
What kinds of corrections systems and changes in corrections systems are unlikely to reduce crime? Why?
What kinds of corrections systems and changes in corrections systems are more likely to reduce crime? Why?

10. V. Other Policies to Reduce Crime
More emphasis on corporate crime and less on street crime
Dealing with drugs very differently, as a health and educational problem
Effective crime control requires emphasis on communities

11. V. Other Policies to Reduce Crime
Programs to enhance successful re-entry of the convicted
Job training and placement
Housing assistance
Social support and social services
Right to vote
No one “magic bullet”

12. VI. The Politics of Criminal Justice Reform
Lack of a constituency for criminal justice reform
No one runs on platform of a kinder, gentler criminal justice system
President Obama began to make some modest reforms within his authority

13. VII: Key Ideas from Today’s Class
More criminal law is not always the answer
Law enforcement can be more effective by using community-based policing models
Courts can be more effective by reforming bail and engaging more in restorative justice and changing the way the poor get attorneys
Corrections can be more effective by focusing on re-entry rather than custody

14. VII. Key Ideas from Today’s Class
Policies that focus on corporate crime could make us safer and healthier
Policies that make it harder for criminals to get guns can make us safer
We know many things that can help if we have the political will to do them

15. Next Time
Discuss Final Exam
Answer Questions
Course Evaluation