SOSC 1375 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Cesare Beccaria, Cesare Lombroso, Lavender Scare
17 Feb 2017
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Lecture 3 - looking back at law: socio-legal history. The criminal sexual psychopath in canada: sex, psychiatry and the law at mid-century . Examines original legal statutes & their amendments & gov"t policies, & historically contemporary media reports (newspaper reports), legislative debates, & speeches made by actors of the times. Includes a re-evaluation of previous explanations for parliament"s legislative initiative in enacting sexual psychopathy law. Provides a history of sexuality approach to analyze a variety of issues pertaining to sexual deviancy in canada between the end of the second world war and the late. The rise and fall of the notion of criminal sexual psychopathy (csp) and its use in special legislation for sex offenders; The role of clinical psychology and psychiatry in diagnosing and treating sexual deviation ; The emergence of correctional treatment programs for sex offenders in correctional institutions.
