SOC205H5 Lecture Notes - Rational Agent, Scientific Method, Biology Of Depression
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Room 390, utm library: help on essay. Essay topic: why youth join gangs, five articles, States there are x factors contributing to problem. Modern criminology is the product of two main schools of thoughts. All modern justice system draw from classical position. Persons are free agents possessing free will. People have free will to choose their actions. Crime is attractive when it provides benefit with little effort. Crime may be controlled by fear of punishment. If punishment is perceived and severe then crime can be deterred: need to know punishment before hand. Focused only on act without paying attention to mind of the offender. It focuses on the criminal act and not the criminal offender. Prescribes equal punishment for all offenders, does not make distinction between first offenders and pattern offenders: youth should be punished less severely, mentally ill , this theory ignores ^
