CC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Homicide, Rationality, Consumerism
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1970s pessimism: lbj - great society , cultural revolution, warren court, cilvil rights movement, increase in drug and violent street crime, altamont free concert, kent state shootings, vietnam and watergate. Deterrence theories: classical theory re-visited, re-emergence in 1970s, robert martinson - nothing works , james q. wilson, thinking about crime, attacked the positivist view that crime results solely from social forces. Mandatory minimum sentence: california, mandatory 25 year sentence, any third felony conviction, 2 serious felony convictions, eg. Pizza slice: effects, increased court costs, billion additional cost, 1/4 of inmate population. Do three-strikes laws work: little empirical support for crime reduction effects, potential increase in homicide rates. Why do three-strikes laws not work: not a deterrent - low crime-reporting rate, role of alcohol, drugs and mental health. Individualized deterrence: offenders heavily involved in crime are individually warned that their actions are being monitored and future crime will be dealt with immediately, eg. Rational choice theory: d. cornish and r. v.
