CRIM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cesare Beccaria, Jeremy Bentham, Derek B
22 Oct 2016
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Why we need theory: we have all heard expressions such as theoretically speaking or. It sounds good in theory : theories seen as fanciful ideas, that have little to do with reality, armchair speculation, generated by people sitting in ivory towers (aker & sellers, 2009) We all know what causes crime (trailer park boys reference lol) The significance of social context: positivist school notion of criminality as inherited (genetic) propensity was reflection if eh was going on in med- to late - Prior to the emergence of the classical school, it was generally believed that criminals were possessed by evil spirits, or dmeons (cartwirght, heidt & boyd, 2014) Classical school emerged during enlightenment (also known as. The age of reason), bracketed by english revolution of 1689 at one end, french revolution of 1789 at the other, with. It was during this period that newton discovered the laws of gravity, voltaire argued against superstition (ie:, religion),
