CRM 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Wage Labour, Intellectual Disability, Cesare Beccaria
7 Feb 2018
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Historical context for the emergence of classical theories. Tutorial session: start watching and discussing minority report. Appreciate how classical models emerged out of the historical shift in the 18th century. Outline the basic concepts of the classical model. Explain how classical models have shaped criminal justice. Critically evaluate the strengths, limitations, assumptions, and implications of classical theories. Describe how classical theories are illustrated/challenged in the film. Theoretical model emerging out of the changes in the 18th century. Intellectual shift: from the middle ages to the age of enlightenment/age of reason. Political shift: from absolute monarch rule to representative rule based on the consent of the people. Society"s changing so definitions of crime should change. Things that could not be explained were chalked up to possession by demons, witchcraft/wizardry, or punishment by god. Our world is shaped by natural law", given by god: faith is key.
