CRIM 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Fair Sentencing Act

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Someone committing a crime: legalistic, political- something that those in power will say some behaviors are criminal, they will try and protect their own behavior. To try and target those in the lower class: sociological- they consider some behaviors criminal if they hurt individuals, psychological- looking for some social maladjusted, problem behavior for the individual and for society. Fair sentencing act (2010) 100 to 1 ratio but obama reduced it to 18 to 1 ratio. O(cid:272)iologi(cid:272)al: har(cid:373)ful (cid:271)eha(cid:448)iors agai(cid:374)st people are the (cid:373)ost (cid:862)(cid:272)ri(cid:373)i(cid:374)al(cid:863). (a(cid:374)drea yates (cid:449)ho dro(cid:449)(cid:374)ed her. Deviance: a behavioral violation of social norms (smoking marijuana) Crime: human behavior in violation of the criminal laws. Conflicting perspectives: social problems perspective- an individual will claim that society has underline problems. Social responsibility perspective- try to look at rehabilitation, they are bringing in education and counseling programs to try and better the individual so that when they get out they can live a crime free life.

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