CRCJ 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Homicide, Broken Windows Theory, Victim Blaming

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CRCJ 1000
• Professor: Nicolas Carrier

Document Summary

Very influential about saying its wrong the way we use punishment. We can identify who is dangerous (positive criminology) In 1970"s, it contested the focus on rehabilitation leads to neoclassical. Form of criminology that shows that the criminal actor is just like anyone else (picture of anti-climb paint, and security cameras: classical criminology. Beccaria and bentham (b&b) were reformers, wanted to reform/change criminal law: wanted to change the ways in which we punish, wanted to make sure that each citizens were granted rights that were protected. Many aspects of criminal law today is a product of this enlightenment movement (beccaria and bentham are very important) The right that we have to a speedy trial direct project from ideology of reason. The broad context is we have to use science and reason, put in place a rational policy of use of punishment. A time where the sources of order in society are being tested: condition, monarchy all thrown away.