CRM 1300 final Test Questions with 100% Correct Solutions
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crime as a human right violation (schwendingers) - Answer - inequities are crime
- criminalize the violation of human rights because this is where we are causing the real
issues
- shouldn't be caught up in what a crime is
- government should be charged if it does nothing about poverty
CRM 1300 final Test Questions with 100%
Correct Solutions
crime as a human right violation (schwendingers) - Answer - inequities are crime
- criminalize the violation of human rights because this is where we are causing the real
issues
- shouldn't be caught up in what a crime is
- government should be charged if it does nothing about poverty
human right sig - Answer - different than any legal definition
- crime isn't street crime like we are told it is actually the inequalities
protest vs oppression (Taylor watson young) - Answer - crime and deviance is an
expression of human diversity
- protest against injustice
-conflict between oppressors and opressed
-says the oppressed are "fighting the system" for their rights
protest significance - Answer - abandons traditional ideas about crime
- someone committing a crime is only fighting back against their sutuation
- romanticizes criminals as social justice leaders
- technically says that people who commit violent crimes are just doing it to show their
situation
4 functions of criminal law - Answer 1. social control - trying to control behaviour
2. discourage revenge - stop people from trying to take justice into their own hands
,3. express public opinion - state ultimately decides based on opinions heard the loudest
4. deterrence - stop people from committing again
general deterrence - Answer message that gets sent to everyone that if they do the
crime they will be sent to jail
specific deterrence - Answer deter the person from doing that crime again because they
will be scared of getting caught
5 aspects of deterrence - Answer 1. pain of punishment>pleasure of crime: jail time
should be worse than the reward from stealing
2. certainty better than severity: the certainty of being caught and getting a small
penalty is much more effective than the slight chance of getting caught and getting a
large punishment (why it doesn't matter if someone gets 10 or 20 years)
3. public, prompt and certain: the offender needs to know they will be caught and
punished quickly and their public reputation will be ruined
4. public symbolism: symbolic in that it sends the message that people who commit the
offence will be punished
5. clear and socially accepted laws: people need to understand the laws to not break
them (must also have consensus so people listen to them)
7 reasons why crime persists - Answer 1. prison reduces deterrence: certain groups
become overly punished ex. blacks
- feel like no matter what they do they will be punished
2. rational choice theory is too simplistic: a lot of crime is a one off event and not every
crime is deliberately planned
3. detection: you aren't gonna detect every crime so people think they can get away
with it
4. message of punishment: is the public receiving general deterrence?
, 5. cost: jail is super expensive and is a waste of money
- proven increase of people in jail doesn't reduce crime
-lots of people in there for petty crimes
6. punishment creates further inequalities: people in prison are marginalized therefore
further marginalizing the already marginalized
7. lack of alternatives: prison isn't working but we have nothing else
Penal Populism - Answer -ordinary people being over concerned with people being
punished
- more politicians talking about it, more mass media coverage
- people that dont know much about criminology are using for longer sentences
6 conditions for a culture of control (Garland) - Answer 1. high crime normal: crime rates
have actually dropped but increased awareness makes it look like they have increased
2. fascination: part of penal populism is people are fixated on sensational crimes which
are actually very rare
3. politisized: use "I will be tough on crime" as a way of getting elected
4. not effective CJS: too lenient sentences therefore need more punishment so they
dont reoffend
5. private security: people are scared so they get home security
6. consiousness: media gives people an idea of how crime should be dealt with but isn't
always the right solution
prima face approach to crime stats - Answer -"what you see is what you get"
- take stats for what they are and dont question them
constructonalist/ institutionalist approach to crime stats - Answer - stats are a reflection
of the institution that is collecting them
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