SOC205H5 Chapter Notes -Status Attainment, Anomie, Tsar
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Orthodox criminology- limits of consensus theories of crime. Highest rate of incarceration in united states but prison population increasing internationally. Dna files stored in codis (combined dna index system- joint canada/us dna forensic bank)- codis can identify a suspect. Percentage of prisoners with mental illnesses doubles in last decade in canada. Psychopathy checklist (pcl) is a clinical rating scale of twenty items: pcl used to predict criminal reoffending and the likelihood of rehabilitation. Beccaria and bentham and classical criminology classical theorists envisioned crime as result of rational, calculated decisions by humans who are predisposed to maximize pleasure and minimize pain. Prison was an ideal form of punishment for classical theorists. State could also use prison as place where prisoner could re-evaluate social contract and learn about conformity in the prison structure. Inmates and staff would conduct themselves because of certainty of being seen in modern society.
