CRM/LAW C7 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cesare Beccaria, Demonology, Stone Age

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Criminology, Law and Society
• Course: CRM/LAW C7
• Professor: Valerie Jenness

Document Summary

Demonology most commonly refers to an institutionalized set of beliefs in evil spirits or demons, sets the tone for the classical school. The world is a battleground between forces of good and evil, moral and supernatural. 2 paths to crime, deviance, sin, evil: **criminal behavior is assumed against the entire community. Stone age insanity (cid:498)trephining(cid:499) a practice to let the spirits go inside the body/skull by drilling a hole behind the head. The devil in colonial america (cid:498)a sociological study in deviance(cid:499) (cid:498)crime waves(cid:499) Humans are fundamentally rational, hedonistic, and possess (cid:498)free will(cid:499) (cid:498)let the punishment fit the crime(cid:499) according to the amount of damage to (cid:498)social welfare(cid:499) Argued that the punishment of criminals should be assessed. Represented a radical departure in how we thought about crime. Argued against capital punishment and ill-treatment of prisoners. Only legislators has the authority to make laws, not the judge.