LAWS1110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Determinism, Cesare Lombroso
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"acts of force or fraud undertaken in pursuit of self-interest. (gottredson & hirschi, 1990) Now we"re going to start thinking about criminality. "the propensities of persons to commit criminal acts" (gottredson & Offending is "normal" and young people commit more crime than older people: Men commit crime at a much higher rate than women. Low level criminal behaviour is quite normal among mates in early adolescence. A relatively small number of people commit a very large number of crimes and some have extended criminal careers. Uk 2003 crime and justice survey randomly sampled 12,000 people aged. 40% reported committing at least one of a selection of 20 core offences. 13% males vs 7% females offended in the past year. Peak age of offending - 14-17 for both sexes. Involvement in crime dropped dramatically as age increased. 2% of sample accounted for 82% of all the offences.
