CCJS 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: Conduct Disorder

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Criminology & Criminal Justice
• Course: CCJS 105
• Professor: Kiminori Nakamura

Document Summary

Individual propensity to engage in crime (i. e. your risk factors) Incentives in your life to engage in crime (i. e. maybe you are economically deprived) Deter crime by being a credible threat of punishment (certainty is most important) Addressing predictors of the problem (i. e. addressing risk factors of a person or addressing factors in a certain area) Intervening early (either early in the life span or early in the crime cycle) Including those at greatest risk to create a problem. Considering the diversity of the community (consider both policies that apply to a wide variety and that some programs best apply to particular populations) Ex: creating certainty of punishment instead of severity, putting officers in high crime areas rather than spread out. Situational crime prevention (routine activities theory), changing the environment to prevent crime and discourage opportunity for crime. Regulation of criminogenic commodities (i. e. imposing limits on drugs/alcohol consumption)