CRIM 101 Lecture 1: Criminology 101-lecture 4 outline-1
24 Feb 2019
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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 tower (akers & sellers, 2009) The significance of social context: positivist school notion of criminality as inherited (genetic) propensity was reflection of what was going on in mid-to late 1800s e. g. darwins 1859 theory of evolution, mendels"s. Prior to the emergence of the classical school it was generally believed that criminals were possessed by evil, spirits, or demons (cartwright, heidi & boyd 2015) Classical school emerged during enlightenment (age of enlightenment) bracketed by. English revolution of 1689 of one red, french revolution of the 1700s in-betweens. It was during this period that newton discovered the laws of gravity, voltaire argued against superstitions (religion), rousseai wrote about the social contract adam smith. Cesare beccaria and jeremy bentham: two most well-known classical school theorists (relevance to criminology) were cesare.
