CRCJ 1000 Study Guide - Final Guide: Street Prostitution, Cyber Spying, Phone Sex

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CRCJ 1000
• Professor: Lara Karaian

Document Summary

Proposed radical new theory of the causes of crime: people have free will-can choose to commit crime ex. crime and deviance - not the result of some supernatural force or demonic possession. Crime is rational-people broke the law to advance their own interests. Laws are used to control behavior (the response to crime is punishment) Laws are most effective in preventing crime if they are clear and simple enough that people can understand them. To be effective, punishment should be swift and certain: If punishment takes too long after the act, or unlikely to happen at all, the law would not be an effective deterrent to crime. Deterrence: certainty that punishment is coming it was stops someone from committing a crime. Criminal matters should be dealt with in public according to the dictates of the law. Separate the lawmaking power of the legislature from the role of judges.