CRCJ 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Jeremy Bentham, Crime Science, Mens Rea
19 Sep 2016
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Broken window theory environment facilitating criminal behaviour) Very influential on how they say what we do is wrong, lets identify the offenders. Product of enlightenment the age of reason. Wanted to change criminal law, particularly the way we punish. They wanted to make sure each citizen was granted rights that were protected. Many aspects of criminal law today was created from the idea of enlightenment. We have to use science & reason to put in place a rational policy on the use of punishment. Enlightenment ! sources of society is being tested, tradition all thrown in the garbage. Critique of the violence of royal justice. (justice of the king being arbitrary, violent, gruesome) more and more behaviour will be interpreted as individual responsibility (free will) shortcut to civilize punishment to make it more rational and useful. Utilitarianism ! particular conception of justice, what is the just way to produce order in society.
