In the story, “The Stranger”, by Albert Camus, Meursault the protagonist, does not think like most people. When his neighbor Raymond questions his opinion on Salamano a dog beater and how he beats his dog, Meursault does not think much. Meursault says to raymond “no” (camus 28). Meursault is very neutral and does not really judge people. On the other hand, most people are like Raymond. Raymond said that, “Salamano's acts are pitiful” (Camus 27). The thing with Raymond though, Raymond beats women. It is ironic that Raymond is fine with beating women, but beating a dog is unrighteous. On another note, Camus the author might have put Salomano in the story to continue the pattern of showing how Meursault has no emotion. Another reason, Camus…
Neil Websdale, Policing the Poor share common consistencies as Richard Quinney theory in explaining why crime is committed in the development of a capitalist society. Quinney states since the working class does not own production or can easily obtain capital they face daily struggles for their survival, usually resulting in the capitalist class gaining control over them. Neil Websdale relates to Quinney theory by explaining circumstances in which pressures the working class or "underclass" to rely on drug dealing, drug use, violence, and theft. Websdale mentions the usage of drugs or selling in these neighborhoods are methods of increasing capital, relieving stress, and forgetting the pain of poverty all while increasing their chance of being…
Indeed, the PBS documentary titled, “The Untouchables” clearly validated the fact that the criminal justice system stance against large corporations seemed too lenient despite the reckless activities these institutions pioneered to destabilize the global economy. Furthermore, Lanny Breuer, the Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, during his interview with the PBS Frontline producer, remained all the time defensive even when presented with the facts implicating the powerful American banks about promoting wrongdoings. Paradoxically, Breuer in his defense kept arguing that his investigation could not find sufficient evidence to indict the financial institutions.…
The Adam Foss's video lecture was informative. I was impressed how his desire for prestige and power had changed because he realized that his decision as a young prosecutor could damage a person for life. However, I agree with him in his point of view that the Criminal Justice System needs to be reform by providing resources to help in understanding why and what gave the defendant the mindset to engage in criminal activities. Nevertheless, our prison system is not equipped to create a productive system because of its negative environment only just remake some of them into a career criminal. This is what I have seen and had many inmates to share with me during my assessment interview. Therefore, as Mr. Foss has stated if the Criminal Justice…
Herman Goldstein’s first contact with a police department came in working with the Philadelphia Police Department as a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania. During his work, he assisted O.W Wilson, who was the superintendent of the Chicago Police Department, in his study of Philadelphia’s police administration. Later, from 1956-1957 he worked as a researcher on behalf of the American Bar Foundation’s Survey of Administration of Criminal Justice, to which Goldstein noticed the street operations conducted by police in both Wisconsin and Michigan. While working along with several national organizations such as the Knapp Commission, Goldstein wrote substantially on the role of the police, the use of police discretion, control of police conduct, police relationship with the…
In my personal opinion most African American people are actually pushing into a life of crime due to their surroundings during their upcoming. Based on the article by “Race and Policing By Gene Demby” discussing the specific communities populated by African American that being targeted by violence and crime. According to the author gun violence is epidemiologist a disease, examining the way it spread. According to the article criminologist say crime tends to fluctuate from year to year. In my opinion, this can be true, but I think that not all African American are criminals, everyone makes their own decision, to become a good person or a bad person. Society can push them to become criminals, the lack of work for African American or the slave…
One example that the officers use is dashboard cameras. These cameras are mounted inside police cars and they videotape images that happen in front of the police car and outside of the police car, they are not a new form of technology but they are as usual coming out with newer and better imaging and sound recordings and the angles at which they can be set can now be changed to view different angles. The cameras are beneficial to not only help catch criminals but they also have been used to catch police officers that are using criminal behavior. Another example is RADAR/LIDAR-Radar is a system in which they use for detecting the direction or distance, even the speed of objects by sending out pulses or waves that reflect off the article and back to the starting place. LIDAR is the light detection and ranging that is yet another acronym to describe the technology used in LTI’s family of Lasers. This technology allows for more information and communication to be more accurate and instant among police organizations and their police officers, command centers and citizens even. They are benefiting from technology because they…
Police subculture is one that is questioned with police brutality, use of excessive force in administering order, cover-ups for fellow police officers, corruption, and other unethical issues in the police system. An efficient police system would mean a flawless one, where there is no corruption or any form of misconduct where recruitment and training would all be fair. The police have time and time again been on the frontline for assault against a particular society, such as the black community who continually are being harassed by the law-enforcement. The moment a police officer swears the oath, he also commits himself to serve all of mankind, regardless of age, color, ethnicity, social status, or race.…
It's not the police who need to be retrained, it's the public. We have grown into a mouthy, cell phone wielding, vulgar, uncivil society with no personal responsibility and the attitude of 'it's the other person's fault', 'you owe me'. A society where children grow up with no boundaries or knowledge or concern for civil society and personal responsibility.…
America is a very diverse place where people from all over the world choose to reside. With all of these different cultures blending together into one melting pot, we have to learn how to live with each other. For all these cultures to be able to dwell together, there needs to be order, rules, and guidelines established into the community. Without people that can fulfill those duties in a country there would be no kind of structure within the United States. The people who we count on to enforce these rules in the United States are the police. The citizens hold the police on a higher scale than regular civilians hold each other to. This takes places because civilians view the police in the United States on a pedestal because; they are the enforcers…
Police Militarization: Domestic Terrorism While police militarization of law enforcement is deemed as necessary because of the fear and threat of terrorism, however a closer look should be taken to examine how police militarization has effected United States citizens often times harming, and sometimes killing innocent people. Modern American policing has become unnecessarily and dangerously militarized, in large part through federal programs that have armed state and local law enforcement agencies with the weapons and tactics of war, with almost no public discussion or oversight (American Civil Liberties Union). As a United States citizen imagine that you are at home and you family is sleeping, suddenly you are woken up in the middle of the…
According to the seminal work of William Westley (1970), the police subculture is a crucial concept in the explanation of police behavior and attitudes. The subculture, in his view, characterizes the public as hostile, not to be trusted, and potentially violent; this outlook requires secrecy, mutual support, and unity on the part of the police. Manning (1977) suggested that the inherent uncertainty of police work, combined with the need for information control, leads to police teamwork, which in turn generates collective ties and mutual dependency. Traditional characterizations of the police culture have focused on describing the shared values, attitudes, and norms created within the occupational and organizational environments of policing (Paoline, 2004, p. 205). However, some research has begun to investigate the assumptions associated with a single police culture.…
Albert Camus's The Stranger takes place in a society confined with social standards that dictate who everyone is supposed to be and how they're supposed to act. In the middle of this society, Camus introduces the character of Meursault, who is anything but ordinary. Meursault's nonconformist personality causes him to be alienated from the world. However, he isolates himself more with his attitude about not caring about anyone but himself. Throughout the novel, The Stranger, Meursault reveals his selfish character through his actions and by placing his interests over the interests of others and ultimately deserves the death sentence.…
Social tension was a regular factor culminating in the unrest in 2005, which is seen by some commentators “ as rebellion against police harassment, poverty and the racism of the French society” (Mooney 2008,p.111).…
The criminal justice system is made up of three component agencies, which are the police, courts, and corrections. The police are to enforce the laws and investigate crimes. They apprehend the offenders and reduce and prevent crime. The court is to conduct fair and impartial trails and deciding criminal cases. The court is suppose to ensure due process and determine if the person is guilty or innocence in the changes against them. The corrections is suppose to carry out the sentences imposed be the courts and provide a safe and humane custody and supervision of the offenders. The corrections are to protect the community and rehabilitate, reform, and reintegrate convicted offenders back into the community. The criminal justice process is a standard sequence of events that begins when the crime is detected. It consists of five major stages, which are investigation and arrest, pretrial activities, trail, sentencing, and the corrections. The investigation and arrest begins with an investigation of the crime commented. Evidence is collected at the scene to put together a sequence of activities or events that may have took place. After the evidence is gathered then they issue a warrant by the judicial officer directing a law enforcement officer to perform a specific act. After the person is arrested is when they question the person about the time, place, and the reason for the arrest. The next stage is the criminal justice process is the pretrial activities, where the person gets his or her first appearance, preliminary hearing, information or indictment, and arraignment for the crime that is against them. The trail is where the person accused is giving a trail to see if he or she is found guilty or not. The sentencing is when the person is found guilty by the judge and is required to pay a fine, be placed on probation, or incarcerated for the crime. After the person has been sentenced the corrections stage begins. Some of them are sentenced to prison and…