ATS1281 Study Guide - Final Guide: Stra, Bounded Rationality, Age Of Enlightenment
30 Jul 2018
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Case study: one punch homicides (thomas kelly case) / mandatory sentences. Foundations of modern criminology and criminal justice influenced by two schools of thought: Classicism (1500s-1700s) - liberal ideas emerging, "equality before the law" coming about, etc. Classical criminology focuses on the act, not the actor. Positivist criminology focuses on the actor, not the act. Our system today is a mix of the two. Both rejected the death penalty (bentham argued that it could be used in cases of murder) Believed that individuals broke the law, he felt, in order to gain excitement, money, sex or something else that was valued. Purpose of punishment is to outweigh any pleasure to be derived by crime. 4 (cid:858)panoptico(cid:374)(cid:859): a circular prison arranged in a such way that the prison officers in the central watch tower could observe prisoners in surrounding cells at all times.
