CJ 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Sons Of Odin, Cesare Beccaria, Cultural Movement

• School: University of Alabama
• Department: Criminal Justice
• Course: CJ 100
• Professor: Douglas Klutz

Document Summary

Legal cases voluntarily, before a judge can accept the plea. ***boykin v. alabama (1969) defendants must state they made their pleas. ***santabello v. new york (1971) if the prosecution has promised a lenient: retribution (cid:498)deserved punishment(cid:499) If you steal a loaf of bread, you aren"t going to get your head: (cid:498)eye for an eye(cid:499) and (cid:498)pay their debts(cid:499) to society sentence as a result of a plea deal, the prosecution must keep that promise. ***recidivism: repeat criminal (commits a crime again after serving time) Half of all criminals get out of jail and commit a crime again: incapacitation, depriving an offender of the ability to commit crimes against society, usually by detaining the offender in prison. Death penalty as a criminal sanction incapacitation: capital punishment (death penalty) is the ultimate method of, selective incapacitation targeting repeat offenders with longer prison terms (cid:523)(cid:498)career criminals(cid:499)(cid:524)