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How Is Crime Control Politicized

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Alexander, Michelle. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. The New Press, 2010. Print. Mauer, Marc, and Meda Chesney-Lind. Invisible Punishment: The Collateral Consequences of Mass Imprisonment. New York: New Press, 2002. Print.

2. How is crime control politicized? Which authors in this course have given you the most theoretical insight into this problem? Explain.

Victor Rios wrote the book Punished, which was published in 2011 and in it, he was able to give some significant insights into the political crime control frameworks that go on at the legislative level and show how those trickle down through the court system, dispersed by the police and literally onto the streets. …show more content…

The boys recognized and internalized these controls and outright rejected them. Rios pointed out the deviant politics in his book by highlighting the story of Darius, who mocked the police and the teachers who labeled his behavior as deviant though they recognized this magnetized the situation. But the boys, rightly so were tired, they had no one on their side protecting them from an over politicized system that criminalized just about every action they …show more content…

Some of those major players included Irving Picard, who was asked to serve as a court appointed trustee to liquidate Madoff’s investments to his victims by the Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). Though his role was controversial because he filed suit against Madoff and his business investors in order to recover net funds and profits not including principals to repay the victims, Picard played a pivotal role in helping victims recover (somewhat) financially from their losses. Thus far, he managed to recover in excess of ten billion dollars for distribution to Madoff’s victims.
Attorney Helen Davis Chaitman a lawyer in New Jersey and Victims’ Advocate for the Madoff victims was not a fan of Picard. The chairman went so far as accusing Picard of not taking the plight of victims seriously after he suggested he would need time to determine how a judge’s decision to dismiss part of his lawsuit would affect the distribution of payments to Madoff’s victims. In Chaitman’s opinion, the judge’s decision should not affect the victims being made whole and they should not have to wait. Not to mention Picard’s fees are quite high for the work he is

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