[CRM/LAW C7] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (68 pages long)
1 Dec 2016
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Theories of crime and punishment: criminological (focuses on the individual) Classical school: founded in 18th century, harsh punishments, e. g. How quickly: deterrence, to prevent crime from being committed again, believe that everything should go to deterrence, types of deterrence, specific/special deterrence -> individual, general deterrence -> everybody (a group) watches punishment to change behavior. Goals: crime control- repression of crime, threat to liberty=crime, due process- fairness in law, threat to liberty=incarceration and stigma, legitimacy of system, crime control- relies upon enforcement of laws. If not enforcing, then it will reduce deterrence effect: due process- relies upon fairness of system. People won"t follow laws if they are unfair. Starts with realization that criminal justice system handles many cases with only few resources/time. Not enough people in resource to process them (cases) Investigation (valuable info is available/ most important part: process a lot of cases without a lot of energy and time since there are so many to go thru.
