SOCI 2450 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Impulsivity, Criminology, Retributive Justice
22 Feb 2016
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Dramatic changes to unfold in canada soon: legalization of marijuana, 800k of people with simple possession of weed, Bill c51 the terrorism act, we traded our rights and freedoms for more security: reducing prison population, aboriginal prisoners reduction, abolishing mms, less punitive approach to crime, more to helping people with mental health. Conservative government use the classical model by assuming everyone is rational (not accounting for mental illness) We can accurately predict whether or not someone will be involved in the cjs by the age of 8 and is done by looking at impulsivity, criminals are very impulsive and low intelligence. Having a low pulse and criminal relations within the family are also factors. The leading criminologist was cesar lombroso 1876, by measuring a person"s physical feature you can predict criminals. The first books of sociology were on criminology by. First criminology text was by the italians, ralph garaphel.
