CRM 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: The Magdalene Sisters, Elizabeth Fry, Cesare Beccaria
15 Mar 2016
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Powers that define crime" and set punishments or treatments: The more things change the more they remain the same. Prevention, how it"s occurred, processes involved, who"s involved, where it"s taken place, what is happening, motive to produce crime. Shift from the late middle ages to the renaissance. King: assumes supernatural authority (divine right of kings) Factory owners vs. factory workers owners trying to maintain a level of accesicle labourers maximize profits and ensure wages were kept at a minimum. Factory workers + displaced persons(seeking work, not receiving it) + urban centres = traditional control is ineffective. Shift from discipline of the body to discipline of the mind. Need disciplined labour to ensure production in the factories. Shift from old religious thinking to enlightened age (rational man"=centre) Society= not preordained by god, social contract agreements. Individuals give up rights for the collective good. State= to realize will of the people, to secure lawful order.
