SOCI 4410 Lecture 11: Evidence based versus ideology
2 Apr 2016
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Criteria for deterrence in a conservaive ideology individuals believe that they will be caught and subject to punishment. 1: punishments changed and increased, person who considers these factors, believe that you will be caught. Witcher rea research dealt with tough sentencing policies and have no inluence of tough sentencing crimes. Morgan 2000 crime rates unafected by mm. When sentence severity is looked by itself, it does not help general deterrence. London england lack of gun violence and police suicide, because of the society norms and policies that restrict gun import. Rand study in california 40 months on probaion, 65 have been rearrested and convicted of the same ofense. Met with po"s only once a month, no evidence that one probaion is more useful then another form. Most breaches of parole is for technical reasons (reporing to oicer) Con"s to probaion/parole: parole supervision very minimal, quesions of viability and content of treatment lack of faciliies, need support (healthcare, jobs, educaion, housing)
