Ch 1 Flashcards
The focus of individual rights through the civil rights movements impacted the criminal justices system and how the system operates
1960/1970s
With the increase in the sale and use of illegal narcotics, we had the war on drugs ehich many credit with changing the face of those arrested and increasing the corrections population
1980s
The benefit of the rodney king case is that the policies and procedures of law enforcement were captured on the video tape and put under an intense public microscope
1992
This even also changed how we viewed racial profiling out conception of privacy and forced us to re-examine the issues of individual rughts and public order this tied into the patriot act
9/11
Proccedual fairness
Due process
Rights advocates seek to protect personal freedoms within the process of criminal justice
Individual rights
Prevention of future crimes and the reduction of harm cause by criminal activity
Public order
Individual rights
Due process
Community favored over individual rights
Crime control