Abstract
In today’s society, in Missouri, we view dealing with crime in two types of criminology: Classical criminology and contemporary criminology. Both are still used today to study and see which is better for dealing with crime and criminals. Philosopher Cesare Beccaria developed and was credited with, rational classical criminology, which raises the question, “if you were caught by the police while shoplifting, would you be more afraid of: receiving punishment or a formal sanction from authorities? Or would you be more afraid of receiving punishment from an informal sanction from friends, family and the surrounding community. Do these sanctions work better in theory or application? If you were caught in the urban areas (city) vs. being …show more content…
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Prosecutor Could Restart The Case Against Darren Wilson. Retrieved: July
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Revised Missouri Court Performance Standards for the Administration of
Juvenile Justice. 2004. Retrieved: July 1, 2015 Retrieved from: https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=1739 Siegel, Larry J. (2012). Criminology: Theories, Patterns, and
In today’s society, in Missouri, we view dealing with crime in two types of criminology: Classical criminology and contemporary criminology. Both are still used today to study and see which is better for dealing with crime and criminals. Philosopher Cesare Beccaria developed and was credited with, rational classical criminology, which raises the question, “if you were caught by the police while shoplifting, would you be more afraid of: receiving punishment or a formal sanction from authorities? Or would you be more afraid of receiving punishment from an informal sanction from friends, family and the surrounding community. Do these sanctions work better in theory or application? If you were caught in the urban areas (city) vs. being …show more content…
2015. World Report 2014. Retrieved on March 05, 2015. Retrieved from: http://www.hrw.org/world-report/2014/country-chapters/united-states
Informal sanction. (n.d). In K. Bell (Ed.), Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Retrieved: July
1, 2015. Retrieved from: http://sociologydictionary.org/informal-sanction/
Legum, Judd. December 2014. Think Progress. A Startling Admission By The Ferguson
Prosecutor Could Restart The Case Against Darren Wilson. Retrieved: July
1, 2015. Retrieved from: http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/12/21/3606084/how-a-startling-admission-from-the-ferguson-prosector-could-restart-the-case-against-darren-wilson/
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Retrieved: July
1, 2015. Retrieved from: http://www.ojjdp.gov/mpg/litreviews/Disproportionate_Minority_Contact.pdf
Pollack, Joycelyn. (2012, 2014). Ethical Dilemmas and Decisions in Criminal Justice: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.
Revised Missouri Court Performance Standards for the Administration of
Juvenile Justice. 2004. Retrieved: July 1, 2015 Retrieved from: https://www.courts.mo.gov/file.jsp?id=1739 Siegel, Larry J. (2012). Criminology: Theories, Patterns, and