CRIM 101 Midterm: Midterm Review 2
6 Oct 2014
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Bentham"s measure of pain and pleasure: intensity, duration, certainty/uncertainty, closeness/remoteness (propinquity, fecundity, purity. Chapter 6: the positive school & biological roots of criminal behaviour. Lombroso: atavistic, not evolved, not positive" in the sense that everybody else is moving forward but he stays the same. Fitness to stand trial: mental state at time of trial. aware of the process and charges, reviewed annually, brought before court every 2 years. Individual stands trial when deemed fit to stand trial. psychiatric treatment until he is fixed. Dangerous offender legislation: crown applies after conviction, lengthened period of parole ineligibility. Assists criminal investigators: categorize, understand, and predict the behaviour based on behavioural clues. Violent crime linkage analysis system (viclas: centralized computer bank with details of violent crimes that assists, recognizing patterns amongst violent offences and offenders. Chapter 8: the meaning of crime: social structure perspective: social disorganization, the theory directly links crime rates to neighborhood ecological characteristics.
