SOC212H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Deterrence Theory, Glasser'S Choice Theory
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Deterrence theory: certainty, confidence, should be punished, severity, punishment should be painful, the more sever the punishment is, the more, celerity, punishment should be immediate, the more faster the punishment is, the effect is. Criminals and crime are the result of normal rational thinking human being seek to maximize the personal pleasure, minimize the pain. it can be prevented through logical and rational calculations. For reducing crime: making crime painful(pain higher than pleasure: punishment: jail, prison, criminal record, probation, braking laws will be punished. The actual personal experience of punishment encourages us to make different choices. We see others get caught and decide that we will not do what they have done. Deterrence has significant impact today: criminal law, if you do it again, the punishment will be more severe. 35% - those who take longer time in prison than those who stay shorter we see the lowest rates of crime in u. s, because they have capital punishment.
