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I agree One of the important teachings, was to I totally disagree. It is not good to judge by
look for those signals that they give with those appearances, but there are people who at first
people who, already by biological causes or errors glance are not dangerous. In the nineteenth
of the evolution, are predestined to be criminals. century, scientist Cesare Lombroso has a theory
That theory is known as the born or atavistic that defines potential offenders for some of their
criminal. For Lombroso, born criminals are an physical characteristics. Cesare Lombroso, a
evolutionary error that skipped natural selection criminologist and Italian physician born in 1835,
and belongs to primary stages of human was one of the forerunners of criminology and
development. 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.
Crime is a consequence of poverty. Crime is a consequence of poverty.
To reduce crime, we only need more To reduce crime, we only need more
police. police.
I agree that crime rates have been I disagree. more police on the streets
reduced in one of the most violent dedicated to preventing crime and
states in the country, it was awarded catching criminals. However, the
for presenting some innovative evidence indicates that this measure
features. Among them, the generation alone is not enough and that the
Learning activity 4 Evidence: My sense of justice
of key information for the criminal security forces are not solely
analysis of the Compstat operating responsible for preventing and
system was highlighted, which has controlling crime.
contributed to an improvement in the
quality of information, both statistical
records and intermediate and process A challenge that the complex needs
indicators; and the constant the participation of other actors of
monitoring and evaluation of the society, state and non-state, and
actions carried out, looking for the even, the same security forces can
results committed through different perform other very important tasks to
goals. A fundamental aspect of the lower crime rates.
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.
Some criminals deserve the death Some criminals deserve the death
penalty. penalty.
I agree in India, the murder rate has I strongly disagree. Victims of crime
been reduced by 23 percent in the deserve justice, but the death penalty
last ten years, and there were no is not the answer. Resume the
executions between 2004 and 2001. executions to appear hard against
In Canada, the homicide rate crime is subjecting the lives of people
decreased in the years following the to political expediency, he said.
abolition of the death penalty in 1976. AI has reiterated that it opposes the
A recent study in Trinidad and Tobago death penalty "in all cases without
concluded that there was no exception, regardless of the nature
correlation between executions, and circumstances of the crime, the
imprisonment and delinquency. guilt, innocence or other
Thus, it has considered that the characteristics of the person, and the
resumption of death sentences is a method used by the State to perform
"shameful political maneuver". "With it the execution. "
(the problems of attention to long- The death penalty violates the right to
term solutions that address system life, proclaimed in the Universal
problems Declaration of Human Rights, and is
the cruel, inhuman and degrading
punishment par excellenc , has
settled. TWO MEN IN THE US WITH
LETHAL INJECTIONS NOT
APPROVED