CRM 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Something To Think About

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 1301
• Professor: Carolyn Gordon

Document Summary

Crm 1301: certain, swift (need to act fast) For punishment to be effective, it must be: proportionate (severity of punishment depends on act) (just the right amount of pain for the pleasure they gained from the act) Third felony (minor or not) gets you life in prison. Focus is on the act rather than the context. Reforms for laws (what beccaria and bentham pushed for) Laws must be written, widely available and understandable. Only focus on the actus res guilty act). Rather they look at harm done to society. The death penalty: believe that it"s contrary to the social contact (the right to life, barbaric, not proportionate (more than murder, leads to death, no general deterrence (to quick to have a long lasting impact, needed disciplined workers. Right to a speedy public trial to present evidence. Neoclassical school (cid:894)does(cid:374)"t co(cid:374)sider first or seco(cid:374)d ti(cid:373)e offe(cid:374)ces(cid:895) Certain factors might inhibit the exercise of free will.