Read Effectiveness of Deterrence as a crime control
1. What are the two types of deterrence?
2. What assumptions do Rational Choice theorist make about why people commit crime?
3. What do you think about the idea of deterrence theory?
Read Scared Straight Not Really
1. What does the research say about the effectiveness of Scared Straight Programs?
2. How does the Swift, Severe, and Certain theory of crime punishment explain the problems with Scared Straight?
3. Why does the media and TV talk shows like programs such as Scared Straight?
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