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Week 11 - The Psychology of Justice Flashcards

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1
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What are the 4 theories of punishment?

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  1. incapacitation
  2. Deterrence
  3. Rehabilitation
  4. Retributive justice vs. restorative justice
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What is the key idea of incapacitation?

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limiting the opportunity to re offend.

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What is is collective incapacitation?

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longer sentences for ALL

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What is selective incapacitation

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Incarcerate individuals predicted to re offend. Most effective for high risk offenders.

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What are some assessment techniques we rely on to assess re offending rate:

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  • actuarial/mathematical
  • clinical/human
  • static factors (gender, age, SES)
  • dynamic factors (behaviours, treatment, current), (these are changeable)
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What are some criticisms of incapacitation as to why we inaccurate offenders?

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  • expensive
  • collective incapacitation is inefficient
  • assessment techniques can be inflexible
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What is a criticism of static factors?

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This doesn’t address all aspects.

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What is the key idea of detterence?

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Punishment discourages future offending.

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What is specific deterrence?

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punishment to defer future offending by a particular person

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What is general deterrence?

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threat of punishment deters other potential offenders

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What are some criticisms of deterrence?

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It doesn’t seem to work. According to a meta analysis, there is a slight increase in reoffending. “because of my work, every now and again I will have to spend SOME time in jail”.

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Criticisms of deterrence doesn’t only depend on severity of penalty, but also:

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perceived likelihood of getting caught (offenders underestimate odds of apprehension).

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How many countries have the death penalty?

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58 countries

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There are death penalty arguments in favour of the death penalty, including:

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  • effective deterrent

- reduces homicides/saves lives

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Homicide rate negatively related to execution rate. Every execution read to:

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5 fewer homicides.

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What were some arguments against the execution study which stated that as executions went up, homicides went down?

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most US states had 0 executions, few had more than 1. Dodgy stats.

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What else may explain the results in the homicide rates?

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Abortion laws introduced, a reduction in homicides.

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The death penalty models violence. It legitimises ___ as an ___

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killing, acceptable reaction

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What is one of the strongest argument against the death penalty?

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How certain do we have to be before we charge someone as guilty (case of Try Davis, wrongfully killed).

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What is the key idea of rehabilitation?

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prepare offender for re integration.

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What does the evidence point to for rehabilitation?

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That “nothin works” (mixed evidence).

22
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More recent research shows that rehabilitation:

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with CBT is effective, solve on problems solving and communication skills, incorporate family where possible.

23
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Violent offender programs offen had difficulty:

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getting prison officers to stick to programs.

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What is the key idea for retributive justice?

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“and eye for an eye” (pervasive idea in moral philosophy and psychology).

25
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What are some criticisms of the retributive justice system?

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  • expensive (leads to huge numbers in prison)
  • problems associated with involving victims in sentencing process
  • judicial discretion in sentencing
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One retributive justice study shows great ___ between ____

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disparity, judges

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What is the key aim in restorative justice?

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Restore victim, offender, and community (used only for non violent crimes, juvenile offenders, involves community members).

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What are the positive results of restorative justice approaches?

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  • increased court attendance
  • can reduce re-offending
  • less severe re-offending
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What are the criticisms of restorative justice approaches?

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-only applicable to some crimes
-potentially traumatic for victims
may encourage false remorse?

30
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What is one of Wenzel’s key ideas in restorative justice?

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concerned with reaffirming shared values.

31
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Links between brain physiology and

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  • criminal behaviour
  • antisocial behaviour
  • moral reasoning
32
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David Eagleman says what about your brain?

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“You are your brain”

33
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David Eagleman believes that your biology:

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Governs who you are: when your biology changes, you change.

34
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What is the prefrontal cortex activity heavily responsible for?

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Executive control and emotional regulation. Lesions result in behavioural disturbances.

35
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Raine (1994) had a studied which looked at the PET scanning of murderers.

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Showed damaged/deficiency in PFC

impaired performance on sustained attention task.

36
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War veterans showed that after a OET scan?

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reduced executive function

37
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Anterior cingulate cortex activity associated with:

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  • risk/reward assessment
  • anticipation of consequences
  • sensation seeking etc
38
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What does the orbital frontal cortex activity show?

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  • rules of social convention

- anticipation of consequences

39
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Damage orbital frontal cortex shows:

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-poor social judgement

40
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PFC, ACC, OFC, implicated in:

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  • decision making
  • impulse control
  • emotional regulation
41
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When does the PFC usually develop?

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late adolescence

42
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US supreme court states that adolescents are seen as:

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less morally culpable

43
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legal system is faced with difficult and important questions about

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  • free will vs determinism
  • prevention
  • rights of the individual vs society
  • purpose of punishment

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