CCJS 105 Lecture Notes - Burglary, Homicide, Arson

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CCJS 105
• Professor: Brendan Dooley

Document Summary

Discredited proposed solutions: boot camp, death penalty, three strikes legislation, dare, scared straight, gun buy backs. Elements of self control: here and now orientation impulsive, lack of diligence, tenacity, or persistence; short sighted, unstable relationships, self centered, indifferent, insensitive to suffering, unkind, antisocial, tend to pursue immediate pleasures, minimal tolerance for frustration, little ability to respond to conflict through verbal rather than physical means. [hirschi"s elements of the bond: attachment, commitment (dedication to goal), involvement (idle hands), and belief: forces that cause a person to commit crime or not: push/pull, neutralizations (sykes & matza), denial of responsibility (accident, denial of injury (no damage, denial of victim (they deserve it, condemn the condemner (society is corrupt, appeal to higher loyalty. Theory: achievement orientation dominates, self worth determined by net worth non monetary aims diminished, earn at any cost, no stopping point to earning, individualism is the means, success to be earned by oneself, others are competitors, everyone expected to compete.