SOC225 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Amygdala, David Milgaard, Mandatory Sentencing

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC225
• Professor: Sharon Springer

Document Summary

Lack of guardianship of the target: changes in guardianship affect crime rates, situational crime prevention. Increasing the effort required to commit the crime. Increasing the risks: reducing the rewards, reducing provocations, reduce things that encourage criminal behavior, removing excuses, having signs like no trespassing , 4 purposes of prison, retribution. Perfect retribution for someone who has murdered somebody . Increased harms: prison staff at higher risk where prisoners are instead given a life sentence life in prison crueller than death, more economical, arguments against, data does not support it as deterrent. We do not always act rationally: risk killing an innocent person. State must set example by recognizing sanctity of life. Duty of state is to protect all citizens. In many cases, the offender lacked opportunity to develop into responsible citizen: may result in jury"s finding the accused innocent for fear that they may be hanged.