SOCI 2450 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Operation Ceasefire, Dysfunctional Family
21 Apr 2018
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Society usually does not feel bad for people who have criminal records. There are specific patterns that lead to victimization. Number of myths in the justice system due to ignorance (lack of education on the topic) Police enforce the law not educated about crime and criminology (do not get research from them) Police spend 80% of time learning skills on how to enforce the law. 20% deals with issues that pertain the law. 10 weeks training does not cover the depth of interacting with public. Police should and are moving towards being required to have a university education for more knowledge. *less than 20% of the population commit 80% of all the crimes. Less than 0. 2% of all offences in the criminal justice system. Harper gov tried to bring in legislation to higher prison sentences but had little effect on crime rates. Most crimes come from members of dysfunctional families. Robert martinson 1974, he took a 6-month search of literature.
