CRI205H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Earnest Hooton, Cesare Lombroso, Social Learning Theory
19 Jan 2020
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Idea: people choose to commit crime after weighing the benefits and costs of their actions. Crime can be deterred by severe, certain, and swift punishment. Led to rational choice theory, routine activities theory, general deterrence theory, specific. To remember: this is the theory of the bs: beccaria, bentham, benefits (of deterrence, incapacitation actions)letter b comes pretty early on in the alphabet, thus, a classic. Founders: franz joseph gall, johnson spurzheim, jk lavater, cesare lombroso, enrico ferri, Raffaele garofalo, earnest hooton, charles goring ideal some people have biological and mental traits that make them crime prone. Traits are inherited and are present at brith. Mental and physical degeneracies are the cause of crime. Led to biosocial and psychological theory, cognitive theory, behavioural theory, To remember: to blame it on genetics is a very positive and well-meaning way of evolutionary theory, arousal theory assuming criminals: he didn"t mean to, he just came that way .
