CRM 1301 Lecture 2: LECTURE TWO
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First theory: the demonic perspective: society of how some people think demons influence crime and deviant behaviour. Confessions: bring the accused back to the faith, forgiveness and/or saving of the soul, 16396$ industry. Inquisitors better educated than their subjects and trained in questioning: lots of money was associated with this craze, use of torture. Confessional devices: the headcrusher, asked questions in a machine thing, q & a, the head band gets tighter and tighter, can die easily, the inquisitional chair, metal spikes on a chair, q & a again. Iron spider and cat"s paw: scrape and squeeze skin, juda"s cradle, up on ropes, released onto very sharp point, the rack, laid down on rack, body stretched out. If you lived passed the average lifespan, why were you still alive: people who criticized the church, followed a different religion other than.