SOC225 Lecture 11: 11
13 Feb 2019
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Heretics and witches those challenging the status quo were branded as heretics and subject to extreme punishment. Inquisition: ~500,000 put to death in 300 years. Witches became a scapegoat for anger: the accused were mostly women, especially independent women not protected by a male, witch hunts reinforced the power of the existing social hierarchy. The classical theory of crime this theory was based on the assumption that people are rational beings who calculate the consequences of their actions: crime and deviance were not the result of supernatural force or demonic possession. Humans are governed by hedonism (pleasure pursuit) Behaviour guided by pleasure-pain calculation therefore, people should be punished based on the specific offence committed the roots of classical theory lie in the enlightenment. Cesare bonesana marchese di beccaria (1738-1794) the scholar most often referenced as a leader of the classical school of criminology. Wrote this a time when the criminal justice system of europe was ruthless and brutal.
