Stereotypes in Crime Investigation

Wojtek Sokolowski sokol at jhu.edu
Thu Dec 19 10:50:17 PST 2002


Carrol:


> Hey, in Chicago the most important evidence for guilt is that
> some cop arrested the suspect. Cops are never wrong, and it
> is terribly unjust that they have to go to the trouble of
> proving someone guilty.

I guess that is only an intervening variable. In the US, the most important evidence of guilt is that a person does not have enough money to hire a lawyer - such folks face a much higher probability of being investigated, arrested, prosecuted, tried (instead of striking a plea bargain) and convicted.

Wojtek



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