Classical Flashcards
(15 cards)
Who believed that punishments need to be proportionate to the harm caused to others?
Beccaria
What did Beccaria advocate for?
Long prison sentences over captial punishment
Swift punishments
Clarity in laws
What did Bentham believe drives people to commit crime?
Pleasure
Who believed the pain of punishment must outweigh pleasure from the crime?
Bentham
Who said that punishment isn’t effective if there are better alternatives?
Bentham
What is Bentham’s prison design called that allows constant surveillance? What affect did he believe it would have on them?
Panopticon
If people felt like they were constantly being watched then it would lead to self-discipline and improved behaviour.
What theory believed we should focus on controlling crime and changing behaviour?
Classical
What was the aim of punishment for classical?
Deter, and reflect the harm caused.
What theory believed we have free will but are driven by pleasures?
Rational choice
Did rational choice believe in deterrance?
Yes, but fear needs to be proportionate to crime.
Who said that crime follows choices made to benefit the offender?
Clarke and Cornish (2006)
What three factors does routine activities theory rely on?
Motivated offender
Suitable target
Absence of capable guardians
How does routine actvities approach understanding how crime gets committed?
Who and what is present for crime to occur
What space and time makes it likely
How do they move out a setting when committing an offence
Strengths?
(understanding)
(focuses)
Developed fairness and proportionality
Why people commit crime
Deterrance and crime prevention
Focus on victims
Weaknesses?
(assumptions)
(normal?)
We don’t all weigh up our decisions
Rationality is subjective
Crime’s not always straightforward
Sometimes out of fear
Not considering those who don’t conform to social norms
