CC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ath, Adversarial System, Deterrence Theory
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Chapter 5 major schools of modern criminological thought. Theorized that (cid:449)e (cid:862)(cid:449)eigh(cid:863) the pote(cid:374)tial out(cid:272)o(cid:373)es a(cid:374)d take a(cid:272)tio(cid:374) Those with less to lose are more likely to break the law. At the time, it was very radical writing. First time people were looking at criminals as something different. Cri(cid:373)e (cid:449)as(cid:374)"t just so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g that e(cid:448)eryo(cid:374)e did, looki(cid:374)g at (cid:272)ri(cid:373)e through (cid:272)ri(cid:373)i(cid:374)ologi(cid:272)al perspective. Hedonistic calculus: be(cid:374)tha(cid:373) said (cid:449)e all do. Why do we make decisions whether or not we break the law. The classical school of criminology is a perspective premised on the belief that potential criminals, being rational beigs capable of free will,l will be deterred by the threat of swift, severe punishment. Cesar be(cid:272)(cid:272)aria"s (cid:894)a(cid:374)d others(cid:895) key ideas: believed in free will, most potential offenders can be dettered with: There should be a prescribed response to a given crime: be(cid:272)(cid:272)arria"s do(cid:272)tri(cid:374)e is (cid:272)hara(cid:272)terized (cid:271)y four ge(cid:374)eral pri(cid:374)(cid:272)iples:
