SOC 1500 Lecture 4: Crime Week 4 Notes

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: J.Bruce Morton

Document Summary

Criminal behaviours used to be blamed on a force of evil , spirits. Spirit possessions were seen to be a primary cause of much anti-social behavior. Important historical document because it is the foundation of modern laws and procedures in english law and in places like canada that were colonized by britain. Guaranteed land rights to the barons, made guarantees under the law to freemen and protected religious rights and local customs. The foundation of civil liberties in many countries around the world. Enlightenment is when crime came to become understood in society. Hobbes believed that it was unnatural for people to put themselves under the control of the state, it is rational for people to do so, social contract. Locke believed people were born as blank slates, nurture was not nature. Both concerned with the relationship between the individual and society. Preoccupation with human capacity for rational thinking. Has its roots in the utilitarian movement.