THE CRIME BILL IN LOS ANGELES

This research assesses the probable effects of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, hereinafter referred to as the "Crime Bill," on the character and frequency of crime in Los Angeles. The thesis of this assessment is that the effects of the Crime Bill in Los Angeles will be positive in character but limited in the degree of impact.

The findings of the research performed are presented in discussions related to the frequency and character of crime in Los Angeles, the functioning of the police in Los Angeles, and approaches to punishment for criminal behavior. The significance and reality of the crime problem in Los Angeles, the relationship between crime and societal values, theories of criminal deterrence, and racial/ethnic factors associated with crime are addressed within these major discussions. Lastly, the probable effects of the Crime Bill on the character and frequency of crime in Los Angeles are assessed.

Criminal antisocial behavior in the 1990s is shockingly high and increasing in frequency. Defining crime is in itself important in the determination of what constitutes criminal deviance in society, and in the development of strategies to reduce the frequency of criminal deviance. If one person sees another act with relative impunity in the context of corporate crime, white collar crime, or alcoholrelated driving offenses, that person ma

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n of young blacks from suburban service employment opportunities, and the destruction of youth employment schemes by the Reagan Administration (perpetuated by the bush Administration). Los Angeles and the Reagan and Bush administrations, thus, reaped what they sowed. Racial and ethnic minorities, by an large, are convinced that police officers, by an large, have few compunctions against using violence against them. One strong public perception among racial and ethnic minorities is that police solidarity will prevail against civilian efforts to hold police officers accountable for the unacceptable use of force, intimidation, and coercion. Another strong public perception is that defensiveness toward racial and ethnic minority civilians on the part of police officers affects the ethical orientations of the police officers. Yet another powerful factor negatively affecting the public perception of police accountability in brutality cases is the fact that fines against police officers for such actions are typically paid by the responsible jurisdiction. This type of action on the part of responsible jurisdictions, as justified as it may be, convinces many minority racial and ethnic civilians that individual police officers and pol
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Approximate Word count = 6735
Approximate Pages = 27 (250 words per page)

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