SOC109H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Microsoft Powerpoint, Determinism, Scientific Method
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Soc109 introduction to criminology and law and society. How legal systems can coexist and different demands of us. The role of citizens in legal mobilization. Reformers associated with classical criminology movement interested in: How access to justice is stratified and the law is unequally distributed. Equal access to justice for everyone involved but also restrained of the law. The role of the law in pursuing justice for everyone in the face of historical injustices and system discrimination. Review the perspectives of beccaria and bentham. Compare classical criminology with the positivist approach. The offender and criminal justice policy should be. Discuss lombroso and his theories on criminality. Consider a contemporary application of profiling rooted in the tenets of lombroso"s work. Laws varied from region to region, with feudal lords maintaining order. Serious crimes were often explained in spiritual terms. Central to these explanations is the battle between good and evil.
