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5. Police and department decisions play a major role in the reliability and validity of hate crime data because they are the ones who classify and define hate crimes, and then send the data to the UCR. If a police department has very vague or confusing classifications and definitions, they may not report all hate crimes, or even recognize certain crimes as hate crimes. In that case, the crimes are underreported or even ignored, and the department is responsible for this. In addition, departments may fear their own self-preservation if they report too many hate crimes, so, they underreport them to "preserve" the department. For example, studies show that prosecutions are rare in hate crime cases, so departments may feel that reporting a hate crime will result in little justice in the justice system, and so, they will not report the crime as a hate crime. In addition, often violence against women is not categorized as a hate crime, although many experts believe it should be, and so it is not reported as such.
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If a department places a very low value on hate crime, then the officers place a low value on the crime as well, which means hate crimes may go unreported or even ignored. This impacts prosecution and the intent of the law just as ignoring or downplaying any other crime would do, because the crimes are not reported or recognized as hate crimes, and punished accordingly.
7. Most people believe that rehabilitation and education are the best punishments for hate crimes. In fact, incapacitation and retribution may lead to continued hate crimes, as the perpetrators simply feel even more like victims of a society that is biased toward the people they hate. The merit of education and rehabilitation is that it may ultimately reduce hate crimes and those who commit them, but the weakness is that it may not deter the crimes, and the perpetrators may not truly be rehabilitated or convinced that hate crimes are wrong and unfounded.
The killing of the two black American young men Amadou Diallo and Louima were separated by about two years but Amadou's killing happened just before the trial of Louima's case. Amadou's killing drew a lot of public interest that was focused on the conduct of the New York Police. It was the only such heated debate since the Knapp commission of the 70s which disclosed corruption in the police department.
Criminal Justice Research Methods There are a large number of research methodologies that can be used to investigate the effectiveness of criminal justice practices and reforms. The methodologies can be grouped into qualitative and quantitative, with the former representing an inductive approach when little is understood about a phenomenon (Driessnack, Sousa, & Mendes, 2007) and the latter representing a deductive approach intended to quantify outcomes under controlled conditions (Sousa, Driessnack, &
Criminal Justice - Research Methods Sourcebook of criminal justice statistics Online http://www.albany.edu/sourcebook/pdf/t200282010.pdf Respondents' concern over effects of illegal immigrants Gallup, Inc., The Gallup Poll [Online]. Available: http://www.gallup.com/poll/ 127649/Americans-Value-Aspects-Immigration-Reform.aspx [June 16, 2010]. Table adapted by SOURCEBOOK staff. Overall, the survey respondents indicate substantive concerns with the presence of illegal immigrants in the U.S. Three items relate to the overall question: (1) Unfair burden on U.S. schools, hospitals, and government; (2) Encourages other immigrants to move here illegally; (3)
In the experimental community, the researchers instituted a media campaign to increase seat-belt usage, followed by increased police enforcement of the seat-belt law. It was found that the percentage of drivers using seat belts increased in the experimental community but remained stable or declined slightly in the comparison community (Piquero and Piquero, 2002). An example of the before-and-after design would be the analysis of the impact of the Massachusetts Bartley-Fox
Does the criminal justice system discriminate? Provide support your position with reference to the various components of the process, and give an explanation for either why the system discriminates, or why it appears to discriminate. Yes, the criminal justice system discriminates. African-American males are overrepresented in every part of the criminal process, though there has been no good evidence to show that they actually engage in criminal behavior at rates
Criminal Justice Powell, Michael. "Bragging of Safety While Many Live in Fear." New York Times. 22 April, 2014. Retrieved online: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/22/nyregion/bragging-of-safety-while-many-live-in-fear.html In this article, Michael Powell claims that in spite of New York City's stellar record of crime reduction there remain "sad and bloody corners" of the city, especially in the outer boroughs. In some areas, and especially in low-income housing projects, crime has actually increased. Another problem that Powell addresses in