CRJS 1001: A+ QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST
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Deterrence Theory
The belief that the threat of punishment can prevent people from committing a crime
Positivist School of Criminology
A school of criminological thought whose adherents use the scientific method to measure behaviour,
and advocate rehabilitation over punishment
Determinism
A doctrine that denies free will while maintaining that our decisions are decided by predictable and/or
inherited causes that act on our character
Atavism
A biological condition supposedly rendering an individual incapable of living within the norms of a
society
Deterministic
Based on or involving the belief that events and behaviour are caused by prior events and conditions
existing outside the realm of free will
Neoclassical School of Criminology
A school of criminological thought that believes that some accused offenders should be exonerated or
treated leniently in light of situations or circumstances that make it impossible to exercise free will
Discretion
The power of an authority to exercise their judgement in a particular case instead of having to follow
specific rules
Just Desserts
The idea that an individual who commits an offence chooses to do so and therefore deserves to be
punished for it
Plea Bargain
An arrangement between the defence and prosecution in which the accused agrees to plead guilty in
return for some benefit, such as a reduced sentence
Moral Insanity
A form of mental illness in which the offender's ability to reason is temporarily interrupted. It is the basis
of modern verdicts of temporary insanity or "not criminally responsible" for offenders whose crimes
were the product of a mental illness.
UPDATES UNVAILED!
Deterrence Theory
The belief that the threat of punishment can prevent people from committing a crime
Positivist School of Criminology
A school of criminological thought whose adherents use the scientific method to measure behaviour,
and advocate rehabilitation over punishment
Determinism
A doctrine that denies free will while maintaining that our decisions are decided by predictable and/or
inherited causes that act on our character
Atavism
A biological condition supposedly rendering an individual incapable of living within the norms of a
society
Deterministic
Based on or involving the belief that events and behaviour are caused by prior events and conditions
existing outside the realm of free will
Neoclassical School of Criminology
A school of criminological thought that believes that some accused offenders should be exonerated or
treated leniently in light of situations or circumstances that make it impossible to exercise free will
Discretion
The power of an authority to exercise their judgement in a particular case instead of having to follow
specific rules
Just Desserts
The idea that an individual who commits an offence chooses to do so and therefore deserves to be
punished for it
Plea Bargain
An arrangement between the defence and prosecution in which the accused agrees to plead guilty in
return for some benefit, such as a reduced sentence
Moral Insanity
A form of mental illness in which the offender's ability to reason is temporarily interrupted. It is the basis
of modern verdicts of temporary insanity or "not criminally responsible" for offenders whose crimes
were the product of a mental illness.
