CRIM 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Montesquieu, Human Science, Class Conflict
21 Jul 2016
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Regarded as the founder of sociology of knowledge. Introduced the concept of positivism the application of scientific principles to the study of human phenomenon. Called for a human science , which would discover the laws of social development. School of thought that emerge during the enlightenment . Torture was unfair confession may have nothing to do with innocence or guilt. If innocent, you got tortured anyways; if guilty, you got tortured too. The death penalty- people gave up certain rights when they join society, but never agreed that the state can take their live. Wrote principles of moral and legislation in 1789. Argues that people were rational and exercised free will . Known for his penal pharmacy his calculation of how much pain was required to offset the pleasure of committing crimes. Macrotheories are board, and tend to explains the effects of social structure. Microtheories are narrow, and tend to explain the process through which individuals or groups become criminal.
