CRM 1301 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Cesare Lombroso, Theta Wave, Delta Wave

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 1301
• Professor: Christine Bruckert

Document Summary

Positive school developed the first scientific perspectives on crime and criminals. Not a theory but a philosophy related to the use of science in regulating the world about us. Rise of science as an influential form of knowledge. Physiognomy (baptista della porta) body characteristics assumed to be related to behavior. Phrenology (franz gall/johann spurzheim) head structure was related to behavior (bumps on the head) Andre guerry created social statistics by combining nations" new social date collections with geographical areas. Adolphe quetelet used probability theory to create an average person from social date matched to geographical area. Quetelet relative deprivation (wealth and poverty), areas with rapid economic changes had higher crime rates. Durkheim mechanical societies (primitive, rural, agricultural-based economy, simple division of labor, law used to enforce conformity, typically stronger collective conscience). Organic societies (modern, urban, industrial-based economy, complex division of labor (many specialized divisions), law used to regulate interactions among divisions, typically weaker collective conscience)