SOC 1500 Lecture 6: SOC 1500 sept 30

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: J.Bruce Morton

Document Summary

Lecture 4 cont"d: classical theories (cid:224) policy, injury to society rather than injury to state, objective of law to protect our individual rights, everyone is equal under the law, assumption that law is intrinsically good, criminality a matter of making the wrong choice. Safe streets and community act: deterrence within it, philosophy of why punishment works, cannot assume everyone makes a rational choice, treating children the same way as we do adults, general principles impact people depending on a number of things, rich v poor, socioeconomic factors, new right crim, hold individual with more responsibility, doing things more econ efficient, exaggerating fear of crime and heightened dangers, people who commit crimes are different from us. Lecture 5: criminology"s disciplinary influences, phil, anthro, bio, psyc, law, soc, bio positivism, person is born bad, bio and psyc theories, inherently defective, challenges the theory of a free for all, determined not about free will, treatment rather than punishment, positivism, scientific principles.