SOC 180 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Bernard Madoff, Wells Fargo, Shaw Taylor
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Property crimes: crimes that do not involve injury or force; offences that involve gaining or destroying property. Violent crime: the threat of injury or the actual use of force. Misdemeanors: minor offenses; with less severe punishments. Crime control: speedy arrest and punishment of offenders. Due process: protecting the rights of the accused. Retribution: criminals should be punished according to the crime. Incapacitation: criminals should be locked up to prevent future crimes. Rehabilitation: the attempt to reintegrate offenders back into society. Theories of crime: biological theories, offe(cid:374)ders are differe(cid:374)t (cid:271)iologi(cid:272)all(cid:455) fro(cid:373) (cid:862)(cid:374)or(cid:373)al(cid:863) people, psychological theories, emphasis on psychological disturbance, e(cid:454)a(cid:373)ple: (cid:862) o(cid:272)iopathi(cid:272) perso(cid:374)alit(cid:455)(cid:863) These theories focus on the individual (cid:862)natural & ocial(cid:863) expla(cid:374)atio(cid:374)s of behavior. Biological explanation & social explanations of crime: focus on the relationship between crime and social environment. Differential association: people become criminal through exposure and association with criminal lifestyles and values.
