SOC101Y1 Lecture 3: Lecture 3
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Property values: uses colour to describe the intensity of a relationship. Crime rates low level crimes make up most of the crime statistics low property value places crime. Cesare beccaria: deterrence: opposed the use of torture and death penalty, law must be clear, widely known, universally enforced, crime as against the social contract, not sin, punishment should discourage future crime, 3 principles: certainty, severity, speed. Safe streets and communities act 2012: crimes have been steadily declining since 1991, especially for violent crimes, basically 25 years of consistently lower rates of crime in this. Types of deterrence: absolute: penalties are effective in eliminating a crime, relative: encourages other choices, specific: being punished discourages future offences, general: seeing others punished lowers our motivation to offend, restrictive: criminals adjust to avoid punishment. Problems with enlightenment: more rational than scientifically rigorous work, arm chair academics .
