CCJS 451 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Motherless Children, Crime Prevention

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CCJS 451
• Professor: Dr.Anastasia Tosouni

Document Summary

Crime and punishment in the u. s. and elsewhere. *can never be a society without crime (function of society) Effective programs: prevent crime, with special emphasis on youth violence, reduce risk factor for juvenile violence, including those found in. Families: increase protective factors against crime and delinquency. The u. s. is soft on crime: we don"t punish criminals enough, that is why we have so much violence in this country. Prison works : it deters people from committing crimes. Prison pays : we save money with every criminal we put in prison. Context matters: prevention programs are not delivered in a vacuum. Sherman points out: that people tend to label punishment . To implement programs we need people to believe it and understand to be successful. We will always have high crime no matter how many programs we institute. What is going on in the labor market effects what is going on in families.