Tullock denies sociology’s view
THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 1975
Page 3
Sociologists received a mild blast
ing Thursday night as economist
Dr. Gordon Tullock summarily re
futed the theory that crime is
founded in social imbalances.
An interested crowd of about 300
listened to Dr. Tullock’s economic
explanations of the causes and solu
tions to the crime problem.
Two basic theories of crime were
advanced by the internationally
known economist. The first, which
dates to 1820, states that a person
who commits a crime is mentally ill.
While this is in part true, Tullock
says, the actual number of insane
persons who commit crimes is only a
small percentage of the total
number of criminals.
There is no evidence that people
in prison are more mentally ill than
those not in prison,” said Tullock.
“There is also no data to support the
variant that people commit crimes
because of their environment. ”
The economic theory, also prop
osed very early but which died out
in the late 19th century, holds that
most criminals are in crime to make
a living.
It has been found that people in
upper income brackets commit less
crimes than those with lower in
comes.
“Either that,” added Tullock, “or
they get caught less.”
However, high average incomt
does not necessarily mean lower
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crime rates. In the U.S., as in most
wealthy countries, the crime rate
has been rising at a corresponding
rate with income.
It has also been shown that larger
cities tend to have higher crime
rates. Dr. Tullock explained thal
“sociologists say that there is ‘some
thing about cities’ which causes this,
while economists say that it is just
harder to catch criminals in a large
city.”
Rehabilitation also came under
fire, as Tullock held that there is no
known method that will work. Pres
ent theories of rehabilitation are
based on the premise that criminals
are sick which is not true according
to the economic viewpoint.
Many prison programs include
training criminals in skills which
would be valuable to him in leading
an honest life after his sentence is
“So what might be happening is
that we have people committing
crimes in order to get a good educa
tion,” Tullock suggested.
Under the economic theory,
punishment is the answer to re
habilitation. Early studies of
punishment as a deterrent showed
that severe sentences had little or
no effect on future crime rates.
However, with the advent of com
puterized statistics, it has been
shown repeatedly, said Tullock,
that punishment is a deterrent to
crime.
Tullock cited one study concern
ing the death penalty in which it was
shown that one execution prevents
12-20 murders.
Admittedly pro-punishment,
Tullock saw the need for exercising
judgment in setting punishment
standards.
“I’m sure that overtime parking
could be deterred by all who do it
being boiled in oil,” he said.
Tullock cited study after study
which concluded the people who
anticipate severe punishment are
less likely to commit crimes. How
ever, he said, severe punishment
laws without stringent enforcement
has little effect on the crime rate
after people find out that the courts
do not pass stiff sentences.
“Obviously Tm in favor of increas- j
ing punishment, not by making sen
tences longer, but by increasing the
likelihood that a person will get a
sentence if he commits a crime,’
Tullock said. “We have one method
of lowering the crime rate and that is
punishment.”
When asked if he believed then
should be some balance betweer
the sociological and economic view:
of crime, Dr. Tullock replied, “No
I think we should drop the sociolog
ical view.
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the Senior Class, when he read a
recent article in The Battalion.
Anthony said the article stated
that if students wished to change the
tower’s color, fine, but it would cost
about $24,000. “I thought there was
a possibility at elections this year, if
we got $2 from everyone, we could
do it,” Anthony said.
A limited student survey by An
thony has shown encouraging stu
dent response. “I just ask most peo
ple I see if they’d pay $2 to repaint
the new water tower white with
maroon lettering. Most people said
they would,” affirmed Anthony.
Anthony said Alpha Phi Omega
would possibly be handling the do
nations.
“APO usually does elections. It
would just be an additional project,
like a community chest,” said An
thony. Anthony is certain any of the
campus service organizations would
be glad to handle the repainting
campaign. “It’d give them some
thing extra to do, all their pledges
have to have work projects,” he
said.
Part of the reason the repainting
is popular he believes, is many stu
dents dislike the color and had no
part in choosing it. Anthony’s own
dislike is a main reason the Batt arti
cle stimulated him into action.
“When I’m out flying and my in
structor says to head for home, all ]
have to do is look around and find
that blue blob,” said Anthony.
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