CRM 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Matzo, Hans Eysenck, Moral Insanity
26 Feb 2016
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The classical school: developed in the 1700s in europe, central idea: must protect rights of individuals vs. corrupt and arbitrary government and laws. In the 18th century: 1000s of europeans were executed annually, as many as 200 offences punishable by death c, secrets accusation were allowed, torture was used to obtain confession f. Judges had almost unlimited discretion: equality before the law was virtually non-existent. There should be as little law and as much due process as possible respond to criminal actions not the individual) The impact of classicism: fewer arbitrary and brutal punishment, the idea of equality (all humans are capable of a crime. We are all naturally hedonistic) we have to take responsibility of our decisions: the concept of criminal responsibility emerged, due process evolved. Jeremy bentham and other utilitarian developed prescriptions for fitting punishment to crimes, and deterring criminals who rationally used hedonistic calculus. 4: refocussed criminology from criminal behaviour (classicism) to the individual.
