CRIM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Jeremy Bentham, Mandatory Sentencing, List Of Countries By Intentional Homicide Rate
25 Sep 2018
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Assumes that offenders will be deterred by stiffer sentences and harsher terms of imprisonment. Little evidence (if any) in support of this argument. Us has three strikes rules, mandatory sentencing guidelines and war on drugs. Us has one of the highest per capita incarceration rates in the western world- about five times the rate in canada. Prison population in the us has doubled over the past decade, and the length of sentences has tripled. 38 of the us states now have the death penalty. Us continues to have a much higher rate of violent crime than canada. Any decline in the overall crime rate in the us has been mirrored in canada. Rational choice theorists argue that would-be offenders weigh possible benefits of criminal activities. Similar to classical school of criminology (cesare becarria and jeremy. Louisiana is amongst top five in us when it comes to executions, yet still has second highest murder rate and fifth highest rate in us.
