CRIM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Demon, Rationality
19 Apr 2016
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Corrections (ex. victim notification: assist victim through the court process, allow victims to be informed of offenders status. Written document that describes the loss, suffering and trauma experienced by the victim or the victim"s survivors. Judges expect to consider these effect in the sentencing. Extent to which they are considered debatable (difficult to study empirically: every victim and judge is different, there are no controls hard to translate words/emotions/laws into numbers. Human beings: rational, free will, pain & pleasure. State provides benefits to citizenry that otherwise wouldn"t have. Citizens give up some rights in exchange for protection from state. Governments not permitted to contravene certain key rights. Crime immoral because it violates bond between citizens & society. Mores: prescriptions covering potentially serious group values. Crime equated with sin: evil spirits & supernatural forces demonic perspective, harsh treatment of offenders. Threats to religious & social order: use of torture & capital punishment. Often used to determine if one had been possessed.
