NATS 1745 : Criminological Theories.doc

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Crime harms public good, society is the victim: deterrence is a form of crime prevention, preventing re-offending and like offences. Severity of punishment should be proportionate to severity of offence (no rehabilitation/consideration of offenders intent) Lecture 3: general deterrence, celerity (speed) of punishment: ontario (9. 2 court appearances average, 205 days case, certainty of punishment: what"re your chances of getting caught, severity of punishment: what happens once caught? (no long-term deterrent effects) Perceptual deterrence theory: perceptions matter when would-be criminals make decisions, should focus on perception of severity of punishment (instead of perception of certainty) Punishment avoidance: punishment not applied to you or someone, and thus escaped punishment: vicarious deterrence: know somebody who did get caught, so won"t engage in same behaviour. Situational crime prevention/cpted not effective because of 5 displacements: deterrence & routine activities theory (ex: stealing a macbook in the library, won"t because we"re york students and don"t want to jeopardize our future.

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