CRI 100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Gary Becker, Progeroid Syndromes, Sex And The Law
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People who commit crimes are not afraid of breaking the law: value excitement/thrill. The person is intelligent enough to know what they want but they just don"t have the means to get it. The person is arrogant enough not to care what society says. Evaluate risks: offenders are selective in choosing crime. Factors police, security, neighbors, escape, entrance, apprehension, occupants, selling merchandise. Control means (guns, etc: guard targets, monitor offenders (past behavior) Lighting: harshest punishments may increase rather than decrease crime. Certainty, severity, swiftness: marginal detterence: relative effectiveness, warning, restrictive deterrence: partial, reduce but not eliminate. Specific deterrence: view your own punishment as powerful that you will not repeat your crime, does keeping offenders confined eliminate the risk of them committing more offenses, are there better alternatives.
