Chapter 3

Question 1

What is social control?
How do we prevent people from engaging in deviance? (2)

Answer 1

1.)what encourages individuals to conform to societal norms. 2.)mechanisms that society uses to get people to follow the rules and guidelines.

Question 2

Deterrence (2)

Answer 2

-1 Specific
Someone committed a crime and got punished when they leave they won’t commit future crimes
-2 General
When someone else gets punished it deters the general public from committing a certain type of offence

Question 3

To be effective punishment must have (3)

Answer 3

1.) swift way - timely fashion - (misbehaving the punishment doesn’t
2.) Sever - making punishment harsh enough that people would be fearful but won’t revolt against it
3.) certainty - if they commit a crime they are going to be punished

Question 4

Do longer sentences deter crimes ? (2)

Answer 4

NO

1.)Criminals mixing together with other criminals can learn more effective crime
strategies

2.)Come to see it as their new home

Question 5

The Most Important effective punishment is ?

Answer 5

Certainty

Question 6

Limitations of deterrences (5)

Answer 6

People aren’t always thinking rationally (high drink, mental health, heat of the moment-crime of passion)

2.)No ones thinks they are going to get caught

3.)Punishment wont impact everyone the same ( homeless people seeking refuge in jail)

4.)A fine ( if you’re rich paying a fine doesn’t matter)

5.)Case processing time ( cases can take months to go through all the different steps)

Question 7

Retribution (2)

Answer 7

To denouncing unlawful behaviour by taking revenge on the offender
-The punishment should reflect the seriousness of the crime

Question 8

Retribution philosophy is ?

Answer 8

Lex Tallionis
Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth

Examples
if son hits his father cut off his hand Cut off his hand -

Question 9

Incapacitation:

Answer 9

removing offenders from society reduces re-offending

Question 10

Selective incapacitation:

Answer 10

incapacitating the highest-risk offenders will reduce crime

Question 11

Rehabilitation

Answer 11

helping a offenders develop the skills, knowledge, and attitudes they require to reduce their likelihood of recidivism (repeat offenders)

Question 12

What is the iron law imprisonment ?

Answer 12

its in our best interest to try rehabilitate criminals

Question 13

Why is it difficult to rehabilitate offenders ? (4)

Answer 13

1.)Hard to teach prisooners in an environment that’s meant to punish them

2.)Not behind bars for a long time won’t be able to enter into programming

3.)Once leaving prison they are around the same people who got them locked up - Environment

4.)Citizen aren’t interested in paying more taxes for this type of programming

Question 14

Restitution

Answer 14

-compensating victims, their families, or the community for the losses they experienced due to a crime

Question 15

Restitution is
Primarily used for ?

Answer 15

Property offences
Canadian Victim Bill of rights(2005)

Question 16

Restitution
Limitations are ? (2)

Answer 16

Can’t put a price an assault
Not everyone will be able to pay

Question 17

Restorative Justice (2)

Answer 17

1.) closely aligned with the due process model

2.) A focus on the individual who committed the crime.

Question 18

NAME THE three crime control model

Answer 18

Deterrence, Retribution, Incapacitation