AUSOC 225 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Modus Operandi, Cesare Lombroso, Atavism
1 Oct 2018
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Wanted to allow more flexibility in the justice system. Individualizing sentences and take into account offender characteristics and circumstances. Did not believe that people are rational 100% of the time and some are never rational these irrational moments are when criminal activity occurs. Systematically analyzed the statistical information available to them and tried to find a relationship between the stats and crime. Believe that criminal activity has patterns in time and space (where, when, how, why) If you study these patterns, you can find who did it. If analyzed correctly, time and space will always lead you to the offender. Lead to m. o. (modus operandi) most criminals have an m. o. and it"s not always rational. Regularity of crime crime stats stayed stable from one year to the next. Stability connected to elements of social structure and inequality in society. Limitations: people believed that we were letting offenders off the hook.
