CRJ 150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Crack Epidemic, Scientific Method, White-Collar Crime

• School: Pace University
• Department: Criminal Justice
• Course: CRJ 150
• Professor: Dr.Demosthenes Long

Document Summary

1850-1880: crime epidemic related to social problems caused by immigration and the impact of the civil war. 1920-1933: prohibition created opportunity for organized criminal activity. When alcohol was illegal to consume, sell or distribute. Created a black market, people made a lot of money. 1960-1970: civil rights movement, equal rights movement, war in vietnam. 1970-1980: increase in reported crime (crack epidemic) Mid 1990"s: increase in sale and use of illicit drugs, terrorism and mass casualty attacks (wtc"93, murrah federal building, columbine. 2002-2003: corporate and white collar crime, sarbanes-oxley act (2002) intent to deter corporate fraud and hold executives ac- countable (white-collar crimes) Criminal law, criminal procedure law, and the procedures and activities related to the enforcement of this body of law. Includes agencies of social control and the process/infrastructure that identifies, ac- cuses, tries and punishes (if found guilty) offenders of societal norms as expressed in the criminal law.