LAWS 3306 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Crime Prevention, Fundamental Justice, Strip Search
13 Apr 2017
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Dealing with minority groups again from the perspective of the accused person and the victims or potential victims. Packer hoped that due process would promote the equality of minorities. He hoped it would promote fairness for all. He believed that due process would do this because it was the power of the state. To ensure that the state does not violate your civil liberties as an individual. Packer focused on specific acts of police violence. African americans were highly over represented in the criminal justice process and that due process does not protect these individuals. The danger was that it might legitimate overrepresentation as a result of a fair process. Packer also wrote before victimization studies revealed that some minorities were disproportionality represented among the victims of crimes. African americans were overrepresented not only in prison, but among the victims of crime. Aboriginal people, gay and lesbians and the disabled were also disproportionately victimized by some types of crimes.
