SOCI 2450 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Campbell Collaboration, Violent Cases, Due Process
19 Feb 2014
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Fear remains an important determinant of public policy. Social responsibility perspective responsible for their own behavior and that they choose crime over other, more law- abiding courses of action. : the belief that individuals are fundamentally: solution is firm punishment, imprisonment, rehabilitation, increased security, and wider use of police power, most evident in crime prevention and control. This prompted police to go harder, even in canada, and that is why alain olivier and many others had been targeted. Originated in england with the cochrane collaboration: an effort to bring together a best practices approach to health care, unproven approach- no scientific basis in its effectiveness in dealing with people. Dare idea of police officers going into schools and talking about drugs. The program had the opposite effect and instead made young adults think that the individuals behind bars were tough and such, and made them want to be like them. 4 things that drive public to believe in these myths.
