SOCI 388 Chapter 11: Chapter 11
Document Summary
Public policy: government-formulated directives made on behalf of the public good to solve a problem or achieve an end. Social policy: betterment of social life, amelioration of social ills, allocation of public money. Agenda setting or the prioritization of problems. Policy formation: major initiative taken by government. Program evaluation and reassessment: research and data continues to monitor. Social responsibility perspective: reactive, tough on crime. Nurturant strategies: attempts to forestall development of criminality by improving early life experiences and channeling child and adolescent development into desirable directions: prevention, social policy implementations for improving social life, especially of young kids. Protection/avoidance strategies: attempts to reduce criminal opportunities by changing people"s routine activities, increasing guardianship, incapacitating convicted offenders in prison. Target hardening and opportunity reduction through architecture, neighborhood watch, policing. Deterrence strategies: attempts to diminish motivation for crime by increasing the perceived certainty, severity of penalties.
