Important People Flashcards
C.A.J Cody:
The Idea of Violence and Alternatives
Jeffrey Reiman:
The Rich Get Richer;
Direct and Indirect Harm
Direct: one on one harm, each victim harmed there’s at least another out to hurt them(most crimes)
Indirect: Harmed from the action of others
Peter Iadicola and Anson Shaupe:
Violence, Inequality, and Human Freedom;
Three principles of violence/Wide Definition of Violence
- Violence is coercive
- Violence is learned
- Wilder forms of violence can lead to IV
David Courtwright:
Violent Land;
Violence is a direct physical harm; not all acts of aggression are defined as criminal(narrow)
A.J Reiss and J.A Roth:
Understanding and Preventing Crime
Two Narrow Definitions of Violence
1. Acts of direct physical aggression(stab,shootinc,etc)
2. Behavior by persons. against persons,intentionally threatens, attempts,or actually inflict physical harm
Hal Pepinsky:
The Geometry of Violence; Violence is unresponsiveness, people act in self serving ways, begins with attitude
Polly Klass:
1993, age 12, abducted from home during slumber party, murdered byRichard Allen Davis, entered a bedroom window during the night and abducted her at knifepoint.
Jon Benet Ramsay:
Killed x-mas eve, 1996, at age 6, Boulder Colorado. Murdered bygarret/ligature around the neck, head trauma, and sexually molested.
Alan Lizotte:
The Uniqueness of Rape
Jack Katz:
Seduction of Crime; People who kill often experience anger that builds to rage, or they feel “righteous” about the killings that they perpetrate.
Scott Peterson:
Death penalty; Sentenced to death for murdering pregnant wife, resentenced to life w/o parole
Eric Hickey:
Serial Killers and their Victims
Kenneth Ferraro:
Fear of Crime
Marving Wolfgang:
Deliquency in a Birth Corhort
Terrie Moffitt:
Adolescent Limited and Life Course
