LAWS1110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Sheer Terror, Fallacy, Property Crime
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The main crime fallacies are pervasive, powerful, and widely subscribed to. Knowledge of these fallacies should help people resist their influence when making judgements about crime. In your studies and life, remember to consider crime in context. Even violent crime is largely minor and leaves no lasting physical harm. Even when there is harm, it is usually self-containing and not classified as aggravated assault, much less homicide. " (felson, 1988) "police work consists of hour upon hour of boredom, interrupted by moments of sheer terror. " It is tempting to over-estimate the importance of police/courts/prisons in crime prevention. Jochelson (1995) examined police visual coverage of potential burglary targets in nsw. Each property can expect about 32 seconds of coverage per day. "you can expect that your house will lack on-the-spot public protection. "doubling the number in a u. s. metropolis is like putting two drops in a bucket instead of one" Most arrests do not lead to a trial or guilty plea, and.
