AJ 2 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Sociobiology, Three-Strikes Law, Glasser'S Choice Theory

• School: Irvine Valley College
• Department: Administration of Justice
• Course: AJ 2
• Professor: mauney

Document Summary

Specific deterrence: the view that criminal sanctions should e so powerful that offenders will ever repeat their criminal acts. Incapacitation: the view that placing offenders behind bars during their prime crime years reduces their opportunity to commit crime and lowers the crime rate. Effects of arrest quickly decay and may actually escalate the frequency of repeat domestic violence. Initial fear of arrest did no result in sever punishment. Fear may be replaces with anger and violent intent toward victims. Appeals to public sentiments but may be a premature method. The view that criminality is a product of abnormal biological or psychological traits. Some trait about an individual makes them prone to criminality. Sociobiology- the view that human behavior is motivated by inborn biological urges to survive and preserve the species. Crime producing interactions involve: personal traits, environmental factors. Some traits make the individual more susceptible to environmental influences. The genetic makeup of parents is passed on to children.