SOC205H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cesare Beccaria, Jeremy Bentham, Enrico Ferri
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Absolute monarchs have god given right to rule. We are not here for the king; the king is here for us meaning that the government should be helping us live better lives. Man is a rational being and can make rational decisions. If you were in the guard house, you could see out but if you were on the outside (cid:455)ou (cid:272)ould(cid:374)"t see i(cid:374: could potentially always be watching you so they could not misbehave. Limitations: heat of the moment, people thi(cid:374)k the(cid:455) are (cid:271)etter tha(cid:374) others a(cid:374)d (cid:449)o(cid:374)"t get (cid:272)aught. Positivist theories of crime: biological, psychology, and social/personality traits cause criminality, there are deterministic theories of crime, not a choice, born bad, assume inherent differences between criminal and non-criminals, goal: scientifically (objectively) identify/measure/quantify predictive characteristics. Phrenology: feel people"s skull a(cid:374)d (cid:373)at(cid:272)h it (cid:449)ith areas of (cid:271)u(cid:373)ps, felt that if (cid:455)ou (cid:272)ould te(cid:374)d people"s perso(cid:374)alities, (cid:373)a(cid:455)(cid:271)e (cid:449)e (cid:272)a(cid:374) appl(cid:455) it to criminal tendencies.
