SOC-2107 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Gallows, Logical Positivism
16 Sep 2018
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The classical school of thought (1700-1800s) vs the positivism school of thought (1900 to 1970): positivism has changed and replaced the classical school, therefore it is more prominent, but not the de ning characteristic of criminological perspectives. Mainly in regard to language such as on the legal system. Foucault raises very important issues on life and criminology, how people engaged in crime, and how free will in uenced it as well how we should handle this; what type of deterrent to use. Many other people had these ideas, even though they were not criminologists. His book describes how punishment occurred and why; usually execution and the public gallows. This was on the decline however, because prisons were being built as a form of punishment - long sentences. Punishment of the body vs punishment of the mind. There was a shift in views: crime should be proportional to the punishment.
