Evidence: My sense of justice

Agree Disagree
a. Some people are biologically predisposed to become criminals.
I totally disagree. It is not good to judge by
I agree because there are human beings appearances, but there are people who at first
whose parents have been aggressive glance are not dangerous. In the nineteenth
criminals and when educating themselves in century, scientist Cesare Lombroso has a
that environment, they have a psychological theory that defines potential offenders for some
disorder that predisposes them to commit the of their physical characteristics. Cesare
same things and therefore be criminals too. Lombroso, a criminologist and Italian physician
born in 1835, was one of the forerunners of
criminology and modern in that he may be born
predisposed to be a criminal for biological
causes. His legacy is still present, although his
studies and publications caused and continue
to cause considerable controversy.
b. Crime is a consequence of poverty.
I agree with the crime I have been in all social I disagree; a good formation in values and
classes but it has no more or less than seeing their families as an example to follow,
poverty, drug trafficking, prostitution, etc. as is the case of some young people who are
large, in addition to this they do not have not in the condition and vulnerability of poverty,
much access to study and a good education; but we cannot say that this only seen in
Apart from this, most of the families are very poverty is also, because it is also seen in the
separated and with problems such as high classes.
interfamily abuse, among other reasons.
c. A criminal cannot be reformed.
I agree According to Copes, the willingness to I disagree; an offender "is excluded from his
avoid thinking about the ethical implications responsibility" when the circumstances in
of a crime is another technique that criminals which they were taken to commit the crime; the
to avoid remorse hamper their way. "denial of crime" refers to the fact that the
"Expelling those thoughts from your head is a crime was harmless; the "denial of the
way to correct the guilt," he said. "This is existence of victims".
exemplified by saying or thinking phrases like
'fuck' immediately before or after committing
the crime." As well as they can get to change
a bad situation for a good one either by his
family or some situation that makes him
reconsider.
d. To reduce crime, we just need more police.
I agree that crime rates have been reduced in I disagree; more police on the streets
one of the most violent states in the country, dedicated to preventing crime and catching
it was awarded for presenting some criminals. However, the evidence indicates that
innovative features. Among them, the this measure alone is not enough and that the
generation of key information for the criminal security forces are not solely responsible for
analysis of the Compstat operating system preventing and controlling crime.
was highlighted, which has contributed to an
improvement in the quality of information,
both statistical records and intermediate and A challenge that the complex needs the
process indicators; and the constant participation of other actors of society, state
monitoring and evaluation of the actions and non-state, and even, the same security
carried out, looking for the results committed forces can perform other very important tasks
through different goals. A fundamental aspect to lower crime rates.
of the model has been the participation of
different actors, the power of the Executive
Power and the Judicial Power, and the
operational integration of the Military Police
and the Civil Police that have a trajectory of
great distance and even rivalry in Colombia,
who managed to reach a high level of
coordination.
e. Some criminals deserve the death penalty.
I agree, because in India, the murder rate has I strongly disagree. Victims of crime deserve
been reduced by 23 percent in the last ten justice, but the death penalty is not the answer.
years, and there were no executions between Resume the executions to appear hard against
2004 and 2001. crime is subjecting the lives of people to
political expediency, he said.
In Canada, the homicide rate decreased in
the years following the abolition of the death AI has reiterated that it opposes the death
penalty in 1976. penalty "in all cases without exception,
regardless of the nature and circumstances of
A recent study in Trinidad and Tobago the crime, the guilt, innocence or other
concluded that there was no correlation characteristics of the person, and the method
between executions, imprisonment and used by the State to perform the execution".
delinquency.
The death penalty violates the right to life,
Thus, it has considered that the resumption of proclaimed in the Universal Declaration of
death sentences is a "shameful political Human Rights, in addition to the fact that the
maneuver". "With it (the problems of attention Colombian political constitution is also
to long-term solutions that address system prohibited because the right to life is a
problems fundamental right, as well as being a cruel
punishment, inhuman and degrading par
excellence.