CRIM 2650 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Deterrence Theory, Rational Agent, Toronto Police Service
13 Aug 2016
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He argued that the goal of punishment was to deter others: celerity (speed, certainty, severity. Criminologists have examined these three (scientific approach: celerity (speed) of punishment: Can be slowed down or diminished through court delays In 2007, an individual needed to have 9 court appearances before they were sentenced in. The accused is also awaiting 205 days for one criminal case is completed (increases remand population, a growing area of concernthe remand rate tripled from the 1970s to the mid 2000"s) Clearance rate: to clear a crime is to have the police make an arrest, which will then close the casecriminologists focus on homicide rates, which are cleared more than any other crime The toronto police homicide clearance rate was relatively low in 2010 (44%) Low clearance rate slows down: certainty of punishment: If we are able to increase the probability of arrest, conviction, and punishment, then we can decrease the crime ratefew researchers have confirmed beccaria"s hypothesis.
