CRM 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Somatotype And Constitutional Psychology, Hervey M. Cleckley, Psychopathy
26 Feb 2016
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Federal government uses one day snapshot to see who in the jail. Women prisoners and mental health: women are in custody have experienced different and harsh things in life than women out of prison. The most marginalized people are victims and most likely to get into the system. The classical school: developed in the 1700s in europe, central idea: must protect rights of individuals vs. corrupt and arbitrary government and laws. In the 18th century: 1000s of europeans were executed annually, as many as 200 offences punishable by death c, secrets accusation were allowed, torture was used to obtain confession f. Judges had almost unlimited discretion: equality before the law was virtually non-existent. There should be as little law and as much due process as possible respond to criminal actions not the individual) The impact of classicism: fewer arbitrary and brutal punishment, the idea of equality, the concept of criminal responsibility emerged, due process evolved.
