SOCI-224 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Social Philosophy, Intelligence Quotient, Eugenics
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Chapter 8: early theories of criminology part ii (in textbook reading, focus on names) Positive school: it was extensively using scientific methodology to come to an understanding of crime and criminals. Whereas the earlier theorists where social philosophers not scientists. Acutely conscious of looking for differences between those outside and inside a prison. Using observational skills to see if anything could be distinguished. Influenced all academic all scientific thought from the 1800"s onwards. All looked to apply those principles of darwin. He was looking for being influenced by darwin whether there was an evolutionary explanation for the differences between those two types of people. Was looking for those who commit crime are less involved than those who don"t commit crimes. Justice system is based on the notion that human being are rational beings looking at the pros and cons. Punishment for committing crimes, which is the negative.
