CRIM 104 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Cesare Lombroso, Main Source, Jeremy Bentham
10 Dec 2012
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De montesquieu (1689-1755) founder of sociology of knowledge. Studied different types of societies throughout history. Studied social facts, social institutions, social institutions, social organization, social class and social conditions. And how they affect thinking and cultural perspective. View society as functional mechanism greater than its component parts. Introduced the concept of positivism (using scientific method to study human phenomena) Wrote principles of morals and legislation in 1789. Argued that people were rational, and exercised free will (not demonic influence) Rational people would weigh pleasure against pain (hedonistic calculus) Auguste comte (1798-1857) concerned with moral order and moral disunity. Opposed to social criticism, social conflict and social change. Redefined positivism as positive philosophy --the opposite of the critical, negativistic philosophy of the. Both were early members of chicago school. Environmental design, crime and prevention. in communities and crime: ray jeffery (1965). Started the concept of structural functionalism started callinig it sf and writing about it.
