Readings and Research Flashcards
Petrosino, 2003 on boot camps
Boot camp in the US took 946 kids 12-18, where some did the program and some didn’t, and tracked their crime rates. The kids who did the program were more likely to offend. And even if it worked, they would still be going back to the same environment that made them commit crime in the first place
Tonry, 1987
The drug-crime nexus: 70-80% of arrests are because the person is intoxicated. We don’t know which way it’s working!
The Crack-Cocaine Disparity
Crack is cheap, cocaine is expensive, and it’s a 1:100 disparity for punishment. You get five years in prison for having 5 grams of crack, vs. 500 grams of cocaine
Boot camps in the 60s vs. the 90s
During the Vietnam War, USA needed recruits. So they had boot camps for offenders, and offered them a job in the military at the end. This was effective. It created jobs, and decreased crime.
They tried this again during the gulf war, with violent offenders. At this point social isolation had also increased, and there was no solidarity. Violent offenders ended up learning how to do worse crime
The Carter vs. Canada Case
Got euthanasia legalized in 2017. In 2019, the issue of a child with a terminal illness came up, and the supreme court gave the government six months to fix the law
