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“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

“Gandhi once said, “You can judge a society by how it treats its animals.”
― 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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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