LAWS 4304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Police Science, Cameralism, Ultimate Power

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Basis of police institutions are crystallized in late 18th/early 19th c. Under mercantilism & cameralism rejection of absolutism and ultimate power of king (continues in. 18th/19th c. (cid:895) : move toward rule of law, during period of transition, rule of law was directed to elites/bourgeoisie (built on the back of commerce, new emerging propertied class. Lecture 3 a more liberal police science: had land, the 1% remained for the most part. State should be able to calculate what the exact punishment should be based on the crime committed. I(cid:374)(cid:272)apa(cid:272)itati(cid:374)g so(cid:373)eo(cid:374)e (cid:373)ea(cid:374)s you(cid:859)re (cid:374)o(cid:449) respo(cid:374)si(cid:271)le for the(cid:373) if you leave them (cid:858)i(cid:374)ta(cid:272)t(cid:859), they can do hard labor: deterrence theory: punishment should make crime undesirable; prevention. Lecture 3 a more liberal police science: severity, certainty/detection, celerity/swiftness. E. g. used in criminalizing of drunk driving: focus shifting to prevention, legitimizes desire/need for a police more police = less crime, re-imagining the subjects changes fundamental narrative.

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