SOSC 2650 Lecture Notes - Dangerous Offender, Southern Italy, Canine Tooth
Document Summary
October 10,2013: recap: beccaria"s legacy, contemporary rational choice theory; people are rational actors and they engage in crime contemporary deterrence theory; effective deterrence would not be overly severe because they think crime pays. Increase risk of formal sanctions or punishment. Increase risk of informal sanctions attempt to prevent crime altogether by decreasing the reward the offender feels when committing the crime. Routine activities theory: attempted rape;criminal opportunity because there was a suitable target, easy to get to, and there were motivated offenders!! change the design so that the offender cannot find a way to break in. Re-evaluating lombroso: new english translation of criminal man, renewed criminological interest his theories were always dismissed and seen as racist and sexist. Brain abnormalities thought cranium abnormalities made people criminals. Life course persistent offenders different criminal types and the sense that there is a small group of offenders in society who commit crime and cannot be deterred. resistant to treatment and deterrence.
