This happens when a criminal justice system and society decides to take a controlling stance on crime. (Makin, Prezi, 2016) When this happens, it leads to a politicization of crime, and a harsh increase in sentencing rates. Presidential and other political candidates show strong stances against crime due to moral panics in order to get elected, and incumbents may point to their high arrest rates to show that they are cracking down on crime. This started with the War on Drugs in the 1970s, around the time that Guenther spoke his words on the criminal justice
This happens when a criminal justice system and society decides to take a controlling stance on crime. (Makin, Prezi, 2016) When this happens, it leads to a politicization of crime, and a harsh increase in sentencing rates. Presidential and other political candidates show strong stances against crime due to moral panics in order to get elected, and incumbents may point to their high arrest rates to show that they are cracking down on crime. This started with the War on Drugs in the 1970s, around the time that Guenther spoke his words on the criminal justice