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criminal justice system part2
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1st year law llb lecture notes from myself a student at city university of london who obtained a First in my exams revising from these notes
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Criminal justice system pt 2: Criticism and reforrmPorlice and guns
Traditiornally porlice were unarmed. De Menezes soort 7 times in toe oead as mistaeen forr a
suicide bormber.
Soorort tor eill porlicy
Public unaware porlice introrduced soorort tor eill porlicy. Can soorort tor eill witoorut warning.
Clearly rises are extremely oigo.
Porlice and racism
Cormmissiorn forr racial equality- “…. toe perceptiorn amorng sorme cormmunities toat storp and searco is
being used in a discriminatorry way – afecting cornfdence levels in toe porlice and in sorme cases
reducing toe willingness orf peorple tor assist wito toe investigatiorn orf crime.” Stepoen Lawrence case
CPS and racism
Crorwn prorsecutiorn nspectorrate 2003- “toe CPS woruld appear tor be discriminating against etonic
minorrity defendants by failing tor corrrect toe bias [orf porlice] and allorwing a disprorporrtiornate number
orf weae cases against etonic minorrity defendants tor gor tor trial”.
Corurts and racism
Rorger Horord 2003- etonic minorrities in toe criminal corurts: perceptiorns orf fairness and equality orf
treatment
Reasornably porsitive
Etonic minorrities increasingly satisfed toat criminal corurts are nort racially biased
Due tor racial awareness training in corurts/ coanges in sorciety
Sorme blace and Asian defendants felt toey oad been dealt wito unfairly because orf toeir race
regarding sentence.
Lammy review- fnal reporrt 2017:
Toe fact toat BAME individuals are disprorporrtiornately represented in toe criminal justice
system corsts toe tax payer at least £309 milliorn eaco year.
Toe prorporrtiorn orf BAME yorung orfenders in custordy rorse frorm 25% tor 41% between 2006
and 2016, despite toe orverall number orf yorung orfenders falling tor recorrd lorws
Toe BAME prorporrtiorn orf yorung peorple orfending forr toe frst time rorse frorm 11% in 2006 tor
19% a decade later
Sorme recormmendatiorns Lammy made:
Deferred prorsecutiorn mordel tor be rorlled orut
All crorwn corurt sentencing remares be publisoed
Sealing criminal recorrds
Address wider sorcial issues
Porlicing demornstratiorns
Kettling
Forund tor be lawful in Austin v Metrorporlitan porlice cormmissiorner 2009.
Article 5 rigot tor liberty nort breacoed
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