CCJ 3024 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Jim Crow Laws, Public Intoxication, Burglary
31 Jan 2017
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Justice system personnel function in an environment where moral ambiguity is the norm. Enormous power is granted to criminal justice employees: often have considerable discretion in decision making. Ethics and law enforcement: police have authority to deprive people for their liberty. Who they use that authority on is their judgement: police serve as the interface between the power of the state and citizens it governs, officers exercise considerable discretion. Ethics in the courts: prosecutors have roles that sometimes conflict. Representing the court: defense attorneys have a dual role as defense advocate and officer of the court. Ethics and corrections: corrections workers have significant coercive and punitive power of incarcerated offenders. Today the law governs nearly every aspect of our lives: substantive criminal law, procedural law (criminal procedure, civil law, including torts, public or administrative law. Overlap exists between these branches of the law. Declares what conduct is criminal and prescribe the punishment.
