CRM 4302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Attica Prison Riot, Angela Davis, Rockefeller Drug Laws
19 Mar 2019
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Mid-term: today"s readings are not on the mid-term, but today"s lecture is week 1-5, reading angela davis chapter 1. Cohen takes nothing works and looks at how different groups of people approach it. In 2005, total of 1821 state and correctional facilities and 415 private facilities: california between 1852 and 1955 compare to 1984-1989 nine prisons. American and latino: rate of incarceration for african-american males = 6,607/100,000 compared to white males = 944/100,000, african-american male age 18-19 overrepresented in prison with a rate of 1072/100,000. In 2014, 6% of african-american men age 30-39 were in prison. Incarceration rate does not correlate with crime rate: sentencing policy changes, prior to 1970s indeterminate sentencing with emphasis on rehabilitation. 1973 rockefeller drug laws 15 years prison term for selling 2 ounces or possession of 4 ounces of narcotics; regardless of offenders; criminal history: sentencing policy intertwined with war on drug" in 1980s.
