SOC 2700 Chapter 2: chapter 2 and 14

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Significant difference between classical and positivist: positivist searches for empirical facts and the idea that crime is determine by multiple factors. Early positivists: crime caused by features within the mind and body, somewhat neglected social factors. These characteristic were thought to be predominant in criminals: 4 categories y born criminals: people with atavistic characteristics y. Ferri: focused on the interrelatedness of social, economic and political factors that contribute to crime. The continuing search for individual roots of crime. Kretschmer: looked at body types- asthenics, athletic, pyknics and mixed. He believed certain psychiatric disorders were associated with certain body types. In the 1940 s and 50 s the search still continued to find physical characteristics but it still neglected the importance of social factors. This is another form of positivism however the search for answers are sought by looking at the mind, focusing on personality and psycho-analysis.

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