CRIM 12000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Yellow Ribbon Project, Social Distance, Anomie

• School: Kent State University
• Department: Criminology and Justice Studies
• Course: CRIM 12000
• Professor: Allen Lowery

Document Summary

Perhaps most important element of all is the fact that the program has the active support of prominent corporate and political leaders. They frequently make public appearance and public statements supporting the yellow ribbon initiative. Overcome the lingering cultural orientation of attainder (singapore yellow ribbon project) Move to a full service rehabilitation prison model. Greater use of community-based options (generally minimize the level of intrusion into the system) Crime can be reduced by: balancing out the hormones and enzymes produced by the body (serotonin, dopamine, melatonin, testosterone, estrogen, maoa, csf/serum albumin, phenethylamine/mao- In sum, crime can be reduced by altering the bio-chemical makeup of the body. The real need, is a change of communal attitude, for we are far too harsh and are only making the crime situation worse. We have surplus laborers with limited legitimate market skills, limited academic skills, poor health, insufficient housing situations; the underclass.