SOC 2700 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2-3: Property Crime, Homicide, Larceny

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2700
• Professor: Stephanie Howells

Document Summary

Suggested attacking crime through prevention, social action and reforming the justice system with a kind handed approach. Suggestions: home visiting by outsiders, working with the families at high risk for abuse, enhancing school performance, providing jobs for vulnerable adolescents. Imprisonment is theorized to reduce crime through its incapacitation effect (physically removing offenders from society) and general deterent effect: 2 million + people were incarcerated in 2000. Increase in incarceration in 90s was associated with a 12% drop in homicides and violent crime and an 8% drop in property crime. Increase in property and violent gun related crimes: homicide rates for black men aged 14-24 soared, the decline of crack led to a 6% reduction in homicides in the 90s. Ch 3: ch 4 in text psychological factors and criminal behaviour: 2 main types of psychological theories: Intelligence: personality, psychological theories consider biological and situational factors in their explanations of criminal behaviours.