CRJU 300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cesare Lombroso, Cesare Beccaria, Criminal Psychology

• School: CSUF
• Department: Criminal Justice
• Course: CRJU 300
• Professor: James Lasley

Document Summary

Criminal justice: causes of crime and solutions to crime based on the cj system. Components of the cj system: police, courts, corrections. Basic human nature approach: code of hammurabi. Cesare beccaria: father of the classical school (of criminology) Crime is the product of free will. Cri(cid:373)e is (cid:272)arried out through a (cid:862)(cid:272)ost (cid:271)e(cid:374)efit(cid:863) a(cid:374)alysis (cid:894)other(cid:449)ise k(cid:374)o(cid:449)(cid:374) as (cid:862)deterre(cid:374)(cid:272)e(cid:863)(cid:895) Cesare lombroso: father of the positivist school. Crime many causes: born good theory. Causes may come from a variety of sources: biological, social, psychological, and more. Many causes beyong the control of offender. Lo(cid:373)(cid:271)roso"s theory: (cid:272)ri(cid:373)e is he produ(cid:272)t of (cid:862)ata(cid:448)is(cid:373)(cid:863) Atavistic traits: primitive body: characteristics (large head, body, muscles, etc. Believed the phenotypes (outward appearance) reflect genotypes (genetic makeup) Crime is the product of group influences. Two explanations: culture conflict theory, culture consensus theory. Social rules = norms: ca(cid:374) (cid:271)e (cid:862)for(cid:373)al(cid:863) or (cid:862)i(cid:374)for(cid:373)al(cid:863) Mores a(cid:374)d la(cid:449)s (cid:862)flip-flop(cid:863) i(cid:374) history (cid:894)dri(cid:374)ki(cid:374)g al(cid:272)ohol (cid:449)as illegal duri(cid:374)g prohi(cid:271)itio(cid:374), is legal today)