Lecture-Cases:
What is one of the reasons that Haney suggests as to why the police moved forward with the charges against Billy Doss, the case from the very beginning of the quarter, even though the case was weak and had many inconsistencies?
There was pressure from the tourist industry to solve the case quickly so people
felt safe vacationing there (public pressure)
The transition to specialized institutions shifted us away from the “household model” of handling deviance to what?
“forcing houses for changing of persons”
What is qualified immunity?
Allows individual police officers operating in the scope of their police duties to not be held responsible for their actions in the name of doing that job/duty (they cannot always use this defense but often times they can)
The Stanford Prison Experiment demonstrated the ______ of evil and how evil is not
common place.
Banality
Have we seen a shift toward eliminating the discrepancies between written rules police
are meant to follow and the unwritten code that police actually follow?
No
How do White people versus Black people interpret videos of police using excessive force against Black individuals?
57% of White people say race does not impact police use of excessive force
10% of Black people say race does not impact police use of excessive force
One theory as to why institutions proliferated during our nations history is the “economy of scale”. What does this refer to?
As the population increased, it required “scaled up” institutions, both in size and scope.
How has the role of the police changes?
Militarization (technologizing)
View criminals as the enemy “others”
What are some examples of our commitment to individualism in the 19th century?
Locating the cause of behavior inside the individual (embodied individualism)
Eugenics- belief that behavior is a function of genetic makeup
Phrenology
Is the best way to deal with police misconduct through the criminal justice system itself? Explain why or why not.
No
Prosecutors are typically very reluctant to press charges again officers.
Juries are not typically quick to convict officers of misconduct
What was Haney’s overall message concerning the media in the Trayvon Martin and George Zimmerman case?
We received media messages to “help” decide what is true and whose side to take
One theory for the proliferation of large-scale “total” institutions was Foucault’s thesis which viewed deviance as threatening what two things?
Social Organization ● Coordination of Human Behavior ● (In order for capitalism to flourish, people’s behavior must be regulated so they can be rendered predictable; a “factory model” requires the predictable coordination of large numbers of people, responding to the same routines. “Madness” (marching to the beat of a different drummer, so to speak) can no longer be easily tolerated wasn’t considered a social problem until capitalism. In Discipline and Punishment, Foucault arguef that we created institutions to “fix” people who deviated from the capitalist norms and teach them “the habits of industry” (i.e., instilling behaviors that allowed them to work productively in a capitalist industry).)
One suggestion for reform is to demilitarize in favor of what type of policing?
Community policing
The Stanford Prison Experiment challenged the dispositional hypothesis and showed what?
That the wrong behavior participants exhibited was a result of the environment (not the individual)
What is the “code of silence” within policing?
It discourages officers from holding one another accountable
In the case concerning the shooting of Trayvon Martin (17 year old Black teenager) and George Zimmerman, what was the changing discourse of the media (what was the media saying)?
Initially Zimmerman was showcased on the night of the shooting looking unkempt in a booking photo.
Then the story evolved and Zimmerman was depicted as an upstanding citizen with clean smiling photos.
Eventually new photos of Trayvon were circulated showing him unsmiling dressed in “gangster” clothing
How did the Quakers humanitarianism contribute to the creation and proliferation of prisons?
The Quakers viewed prison as a punishment more humane than corporal punishment or execution
How does the respectfulness of suspects impact a police interaction? What is this an example of?
Increase the likelihood of arrest
-Extra-legal variable
The law of the instrument refers to everyone in the system looking like someone who is what? Why does this happen?
Deserving of punishment
Its our only solution when someone breaks the law
Why were the officers in the Rodney King case prosecuted for their actions? What made this case different?
There was video footage of the beating
What was the results of the Buck v. Bell (1927) case where Carrie was institutionalized after being declared “promiscuous” under eugenics laws?
The state tried to forcibly sterilize her but she fought back and the case was brought to the supreme court where it was decided to sterilize Carrie.
There is one explanation as to why institutions proliferated during our nations history that Haney identified as unique to the US and that made the US “exceptional” in its devotion to institutional solutions to crime. What was this explanation?
Racism and “Jim Crow”
What are some potential mechanisms and motives behind police profiling?
Different expectations and interpretations: some behavior is interpreted differently
Heightened levels of scrutiny
Sheer harassment
Haney criticized the focus of the Columbine school shootings being the product of a “psychopathic” killer. What does Haney view as one of the main contributors to the tragic events?
The easy accessibility of guns
What are some differences between the police in the United States and the police in London?
London police are often told to control their tempers, have their procedures scrutinized and modified by public approval, and do not carry firearms