CRM 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cesare Beccaria, Cesare Lombroso, Solitary Confinement
23 Feb 2016
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When we define crime we often define criminals. Ex associating groups with types of crime (drugs/gangs with black male youth, terrorism with. Perception has social and legal repercussions (ex mandatory minimum sentences, reducing privacy rights after a terror attack like parliament hill) If represented as muslim implications become we need tighter security and lessened privacy rights. Socialization (home life/ upbringing or desire for social norm/material wealth) Academic discipline, scientific study of crime and criminals, emerged in 18th and 19th century. Perception depends on varied theories and positions, not unilateral. Imparcted by political, moral, and thoretcial position focuses on the construction of crime/laws to explain crime and its causes (economic, cultural, political, social) Cesare beccaria: an itallian philosopher who helped father the study of criminology. Emerged as a form of resisting the penal system that was crule and arbitrary. Spoke out against feutalisim (monarch) torture, death, religion/superstition in system. Merchantilisim: colonial expansion to access raw materials and enrich europe.
