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Main points of the paper
Quick summary of the reframing of crime in US
Group Discussion
Class questions
Let’s take 3 minutes for everyone to think and share what they thought the main points of the paper were?
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War on crime is a framing issue / Purpose
The two theory of crimes
The history of the politics of crime
Why is there a disconnect between the public perception of the trajectory of crime rate and reality?
"In a survey in late 2016, for instance, 57% of registered voters said crime in the U.S. had gotten worse since 2008, even though FBI and BJS data shows that violent and property crime rates declined by double-digit percentages during that span."
- Pew Research Center
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Conservatives prioritizes the state's social control over social welfare
General Conservative Theory: crime is a product of bad people and excessive permissiveness
2
Liberal Theory: social conditions (ie racial inequality, limited opportunities for youth...etc.) were the root cause of poverty, crime, and addiction
Liberals prioritizes the state's social welfare over social control
1 a
[individualistic theory] poverty and crime are freely chosen lifestyles for those unwilling to work
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[cultural theory] culture of welfare causes a variety of social ills including poverty, crime, delinquency, and drug addiction
Triumph of law and order
As presented in the paper
Escalation of War on Drugs
War on Crime to War on Drugs
The Reagan Years
Assault on Defendant's Rights
Nixon Federalist Dilemma
Republican South Strategy
Defection of Liberals
The Conservative attack on Great Society
The Origins of the Law and Order Discourse
1) Can you find a recent example of a politician or law enforcement official using "law and order" rhetoric?
2) How have the politics of crime personally affected your life?
3) Before reading this paper, which theory of crime did you agree with more (theory of permissiveness or theory of root cause)? Did your position change after reading? If so why?
4) What do you think is the best way to reframe the way we look at crime? Do you see major reforms happening in the near future?
5) How does this paper change your view on mass incarceration in the USA? On the current protests?
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