JUDGES IN THE SERVICE OF POWER - THE SOCIAL DISTRIBUTION OF CRIMINALITY

• NCJ Number: 27231
• Author(s): D PETERS
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 197 pages
• Sale Source: P O B 1304
• Language: German
• Country: West Germany (Former)

Annotation

ANALYSIS OF HOW EXPECTATIONS AND ATTITUDES OF WEST GERMAN JUDGES BASED ON SOCIAL CLASS DETERMINE WHAT KIND OF BEHAVIOR AND PERSONS ARE DEFINED BY THE CRIMINAL COURTS AS DEVIANT, CRIMINAL, AND SOCIALLY DANGEROUS.

Abstract

THE STUDY FOUND THAT THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS BIASED AGAINST THE LOWER SOCIAL CLASSES. THE STUDY WAS BASED ON CONTROLLED OBSERVATIONS OF COURT PROCEEDINGS AND INTERVIEWS WITH A REPRESENTATIVE SELECTION OF WEST GERMAN CRIMINAL COURT JUDGES. --IN GERMAN