NCJ Number
39981
Date Published
1976
Length
0 pages
Annotation
VIDEO CASSETTE DISCUSSION CENTERS ON WHETHER THE OKLAHOMA CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS REALLY JUST AND EQUAL TO ALL.
Abstract
'SHOULD THE PRESENT SYSTEM BE ABOLISHED?' ASK THREE PANELISTS ON THIS TAPE. INEQUALITY, ACCORDING TO ONE JUDGE INTERVIEWED, IS RAMPANT IN THE SYSTEM. EQUALITY OF SENTENCING IS NOT PRESENT, IMPARTING THE CONCEPT OF TWO SYSTEMS: RICH MAN'S JUSTICE AND POOR MAN'S JUSTICE. POOR PEOPLE AND MINORITIES OFTEN GET LONGER SENTENCES, THE FILM POINTS OUT, WHILE WOMEN OFTEN RECEIVE LESSER SENTENCES FOR COMPARABLE CRIMES. THE RIGHTS OF THE VICTIM OF A CRIME ARE ALSO EXPLORED BY THE PANELISTS...BS