CC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Altamont Free Concert, Kent State Shootings, Robert Martinson
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Classic theory re-visit: re-emergence in 1970s, robert martinson (cid:858)nothi(cid:374)g wo(cid:396)ks(cid:859, james q. wilson, thinking about crime, attacked the positivist view that crime results solely from social forces. Mandatory minimum sentences: california, mandatory 25year sentence, any third felony conviction, 2 serious felony convictions, eg: pizza slice. Increased court costs: $ 20 billion additional cost, of inmate population. Why do three-strikes laws not work: not a deterrent low crime-reporting rate, role of alcohol, drugs, mental health. Eg: individualized deterrence: offenders heavily involved in crime are individually warned that their actions are being monitored and future crime will be dealt with immediately. Rational choice theory: d cornish and r. v. Rational choice theory: crime is the result of deliberate choices made by offenders based on their calculation of the risks and rewards of these choices. Structure of crime : the decision to commit crime is structured by the choice of, location, target characteristics, techniques available for completion.
