scholarly journals The Social Costs of Crime and Crime Control

2011 ◽  
Vol 02 (02) ◽  
pp. 74-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
Klara Kerezsi ◽  
József Kó ◽  
Szilvia Antal
Keyword(s):  
Crime Control ◽  
Social Costs ◽  
Costs Of Crime ◽  
The Social

Criminology, Economics, and Public Policy

1979 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-144 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Conyers
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Crime Control ◽  
Policy Research ◽  
Social Costs ◽  
Criminal Justice Policy ◽  
Economic Conditions ◽  
Simplified Model ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Impact

Economic and crime issues are closely related, just as the disciplines of economics and criminology bear close resemblance in their approaches to public policy. Criminologists have neglected the impact of economic conditions on crime, just as economists often overlook the social costs—including increased crime—of the policies they prescribe. Professionals in both fields subscribe to an overly simplified model of human affairs that has the effect of protecting society's reputation while casting blame for society's ills on the victims. At a time when Congress is facing critical decisions with respect to criminal justice policy, the participation of crimi nologists in the formation of these policies remains negligible. A commit ment by criminologists to policy research that examines the links between economic conditions and crime would constitute an enlightened approach to crime control.

scholarly journals Determining the Effect (the Social Costs) of Exclusion under the South African Exclusionary Rule: Should Factual Guilt Tilt the Scales in Favour of the Admission of Unconstitutionally Obtained Evidence?

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (5) ◽  
pp. 476
Author(s):  
Dane Ally
Keyword(s):  
South African ◽  
Crime Control ◽  
Social Costs ◽  
Presumption Of Innocence ◽  
Criminal Trials ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Republic ◽  
Relevant Factors

Section 35(5) of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 governs the exclusion of unconstitutionally obtained evidence in criminal trials. Three groups of factors must be considered to assess whether unconstitutionally obtained evidence should either be excluded or admitted. This contribution is focussed on the third group of factors (also known as the "effect of exclusion", or the "social costs of exclusion") which consists of the "seriousness of the charge faced by the accused", and the "importance of the evidence to secure a conviction". This group of factors is concerned with the public interest in crime control. Some scholars argue that the "public mood" should be a weighty factor when our courts consider this group of factors. Against this background this article considers three issues: First, whether considerable weight should be attached to the "current mood" of society when our courts weigh and balance this group of factors against other relevant factors; secondly, whether a consideration of the "seriousness of the charge" and the "importance of the evidence for a successful prosecution" could possibly encroach upon the presumption of innocence; and, thirdly, whether factual guilt should be allowed to tip the scales in favour of the admission of unconstitutionally obtained evidence when the evidence is crucial for a conviction on a serious charge.

The Social Costs of Underemployment

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Dooley ◽  
JoAnn Prause
Keyword(s):  
Social Costs ◽  
The Social

The Avant-Garde of Sensitivity: On Grzegorz Królikiewicz’s “The Trees”

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylwia Borowska-Kazimiruk
Keyword(s):  
Visual Representations ◽  
Social Costs ◽  
Avant Garde ◽  
The Social

The author analyses Grzegorz Królikiewicz’s Trees (1994) in two ways: as a metaphor of the Polish post-1989 transition, and as an eco-horror presenting the complexity of relations between human and plant world. This binary interpretation attempts to answer the question about the causes of the failure of Trees as a film project. The film itself may also be interpreted as a story about historical conditions that affect the ability to create visual representations of the social costs of political changes, as well as ecocritical issues.

Do You Read Me? How Empathy Mitigates the Social Costs of High Self-Monitoring

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adam M. Kleinbaum ◽  
Alexander H. Jordan ◽  
Pino G. Audia
Keyword(s):  
Social Costs ◽  
Self Monitoring ◽  
The Social
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