Sunday, September 21, 2014

"McJustice"

Courtroom players are faced with a high volume of cases. One criminologist, Robert Bohm, has referred to the handling of these cases as "McJustice" due to high volume and predictable outcomes, comparing the process to McDonald's selling hamburgers. He argues that  this McDonalization has several implication and explores those implications (efficiency, calculability, predictability, control, and irrationality in his paper, "McJustice", referenced below.

Robert M. Bohm (2006): “McJustice”: On the McDonaldization of Criminal Justice, Justice Quarterly, 23:1, 127-146
 
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