Criminology For Dummies Quotes

“Travis Hirschi found that delinquents tended to have lower IQs than nondelinquents. This study also found that a lower IQ meant a person was more likely to be a recidivist (a criminal who commits another felony within three years of being released).”
― Steven Briggs, Criminology For Dummies

“AD/HD and depression also are linked to higher incidents of antisocial and delinquent conduct.”
― Steven Briggs, Criminology For Dummies

“Fresno Bulldogs: This gang is one of the few California Hispanic gangs not to claim allegiance to the Surenos or Nortenos. Latin Kings: This Chicago-based group consists of more than 160 cliques in 30 states and has as many as 35,000 members. Mara Salvatrucha (or M.S. 13): This violent Hispanic organization has origins in El Salvador. It has roughly 8,000 members in the United States and another 20,000 outside the United States. Bloods: With its roots in Los Angeles, this African American street gang exists in 123 cities and 33 states. Crips: Also founded in Los Angeles, this African American gang exists in 40 states and has 30,000 to 35,000 members. Gangster Disciples: This Chicago-based African American gang is active in at least 31 states and has more than 25,000 members. Vice Lord Nation: This Chicago-based African American gang has around 30,000 members in 28 states.”
― Steven Briggs, Criminology For Dummies

“Recent science supports the idea that until children’s brains are fully developed (at around the age of 25), they’re more likely to be impulsive and exercise poor judgment.”
― Steven Briggs, Criminology For Dummies

“Gandhi once said, “You can judge a society by how it treats its animals.”
― Steven Briggs, Criminology For Dummies

“An inmate can rub a toothbrush handle against concrete to make a pointed stabbing weapon known as a shiv. Shivs are one of the preferred weapons because they’re so easy to make. Inmates may even smear feces on such weapons to help create infections in the stabbing victims.”
― Steven Briggs, Criminology For Dummies

“Diversion programs often give people who have been charged with nonviolent crimes a chance to avoid conviction if they comply with conditions set by a judge.”
― Steven Briggs, Criminology For Dummies

“psychopaths are resistant to treatment regimens; in fact, they often become more dangerous after treatment as they learn how to manipulate the system. Studies have also shown that people diagnosed”
― Steven Briggs, Criminology For Dummies

“A psychopath, as defined by leading expert Dr. Robert Hare, “is a remorseless predator who uses charm, intimidation, and, if necessary, impulsive and cold-blooded violence to achieve his ends.”
― Steven Briggs, Criminology For Dummies

“It’s a well-known secret that most criminals are extremely lazy and unwilling to make extra efforts, even when those efforts may mean increased rewards. Factoring”
― Steven Briggs, Criminology For Dummies

“In order for punishment not to be, in every instance, an act of violence of one or many against a private citizen, it must be essentially public, prompt, necessary, the least possible in the given circumstances, proportionate to the crime and dictated by the laws. — Cesare Beccaria”
― Steven Briggs, Criminology For Dummies

“malum in prohibitum, meaning “wrong because prohibited.”
― Steven Briggs, Criminology For Dummies

“mala in se, which is Latin for “wrong by itself.”
― Steven Briggs, Criminology For Dummies