LS227 Lecture Notes - Lecture 40: Mandatory Sentencing, List Of Countries By Intentional Homicide Rate, Pedophilia

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Legal Studies
• Course: LS227
• Professor: Vanessa Iafolla

Document Summary

Ts with rational choice and routine activities theory. Factors in uencing an individuals decision to commit a crime and assert that the legal system can be used to affect that decision. A person will offend when they determine that the cost of offending (the risk) is less than the reward. People make rational decisions about their criminality. The degree to which offenders are or are not driven by rational decision making in regards to their criminality. Offenders will engage in rational decision making when they decide to commit a criminal act. Utilitarianism roots (public policy decisions should maximize pleasure and minimize pain) Posits that people rationally calculate the consequences of their behaviour. If you are tempted to break the law, you are going to consider bene ts and drawbacks of law breaking. The best way to control crime is to set up a system of punishment to prevent crime.