Classical Criminology
Who argued laws should be clear, fair, and proportionate?
Cesare Becarria
Offenders weigh risks against what?
What are rewards?
This focuses on changing the environment.
What is situational crime prevention?
Punishment aims to do what?
What is prevent future crime?
Crime prevention by confinement.
What is incapacitation?
What assumption says people choose crime freely?
What is free will?
Focuses on the crime event rather than what?
What is offender background?
Cameras and lighting increase what?
What is perceived risk?
Most important deterrent factor?
What is certainty of punishment?
Prison guarantees which outcome?
What is incapacitation?
Punishment should fit what?
What is the crime?
Unlocked car leads to theft. Which theory?
What is rational choice theory?
Reduce rewards, increase risk and what else?
What is effort?
General deterrence targets whom?
Who is the public?
Ethical concern with incapacitation?
What is over-incarceration?
What system did classical criminology oppose?
What is arbitrary or cruel punishment?
Connected to which criminology school?
What is classical criminology?
Which theory does this support?
What is rational choice theory?
Specific deterrence targets whom?
Who is the offender?
Does not require what?
What is Rehabilitation?
Why is classical theory still important today?
What is it influences modern law and sentencing?
Why is rational choice criticized?
What is people are not always rational?
Main criticism of this approach?
What is crime displacement?
Why deterrence fails for emotional crimes?
What is lack of rational thinking?
What is one negative to incarceration?
What is cost?