SOCI 325 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: White-Collar Crime, Labeling Theory, Social Disorganization Theory
16 May 2014
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In the 18th/19th century : outside an individuals control that accounted for their behaviour ie) biological determination: biological determinism: lombroso, sheldon. Small head= small brain= more likely to be involed in criminal activity(cid:224) Blaming victims for their victimization= much easier to prevent this than perpretatrations. Deterrence: two forms, general deterrence: teach everybody; ads advising against date rape; against drunk driving= exposing as many people as possible to general deterrence. February 5, 2014: evidence both for and against deterrence is abundant, but research into the. Rational capabilities of criminals is less so, eg, kenneth tunnel found that criminals were not rational because they only considered rewards and not costs. Neighborhoods that are the poorest; crime rates highers and lots of transmission move in and out. In the olden days if someone acted up they were approached by the village elders and they could relate to children and instruct them about moral.
