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John Hagan Flashcards

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JOHN HAGAN

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contemporary

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DICHOTOMY OF A CRIME

What are the two perspectives?

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Law & Morality

1- not be used to control morality
someone injured not moral issue.

2- should be used to enforce morality
because private action could have public consequences.

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drunk driver used for two perspectives

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true

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demographic changes (rural vs urban)

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brought DUI into law

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DUI issue is moral & public nuisance

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true

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marijuana prohibition

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marijuana users have sex & will have sex with whites (moral issue) nobody harmed

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dichotomy whether or not law is universally moral or immoral and/or legal or illegal.

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true

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morals are not universally agreed upon

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true

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law does not represent a universal consensus but law is used to force interests to subordinate class.

Influential people (dominant class) use the law to impose their values on lower class people

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true

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buss, fountain, counter seating (racist laws)

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true

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hate crimes (racist lost control of country)

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true

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people against racist (made laws to oppose racism

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true

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people in power get to decide what is criminal or not

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true

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a lot of problems with victimless crimes

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true

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crimes where nobody was harmed

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who is going to report?

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victimless crimes with beneficiaries

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who is going to report?

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whose going to report crime?

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eg “king hall dealer”

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victimless crimes:

artificially inflates costs; enables organized crime groups to monopolize

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true

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risk & management increases cost

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true

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artificially inflated because its illegal

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true

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can’t go to court or use legal system

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true, must take law into their own hands

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illegal issues need to be handled otherwise

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true

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As a result of artificially inflated costs; people have to commit further crime to pay for illegal substance

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true, petty theft, property crimes

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creating crime with laws that make drugs illegal

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true

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4 The criminalization of victimless crimes increases the association of non-violent & violent criminals

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victimless crime offender & violent offenders go to same institutions. society then gets hardened criminals.

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Is defining crime a step towards sometimes controlling it?

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yes

27
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what is meant by liable prosecution

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that the law exists to which prosecution and punishment is prescribed.

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the mere existence of a law instructs what?

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how citizens should behave

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who are the 20th century phil of morality vs enforcers

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Hart and Devlin; 18c James Fitzjames & John Stuart

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what is the only good reason to use “power” over an individual?

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to prevent harm to others.

31
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Mr. Mill believed law is a proper instrument to regulate morals.

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No

32
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Mills believed laws are only to be used for what?

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To prevent harm to others.

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Devlin was contrary to Mills?

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yes

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laws are a result of social order that resolves and prevents disputes - are these the origins of law?

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yes

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what is “laws product of consensus?”

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natural rules that arise in a society of human.

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what is “law product of conflict?”

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laws that are established based on morality issues.

37
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what is the second dimension

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the thin line that exists between private and public morality issues.

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is it said that laws used for moral issues are highly ineffective?

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yes

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what corrupts the controllers

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victimless crimes that are reported.

40
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what is the only way to respond to crimes of variability?

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to conceptualize that crime is a specific instance of a broader range of deviant behavior.

41
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Summer, Sutherland, Cressey believe law is an effective tool when it comes to morality?

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yes

42
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undercover officer could sometimes become sympathetic with criminals

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true

43
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undercover cons: line their pockets and ?

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commit the crimes themselves

44
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LA Impact unit Capt.

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lined his pockets

45
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undercover officers sometimes induce criminal activity

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true, entrapment

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