CRIM 101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Differential Association, Social Disorganization Theory, Montesquieu

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 101
• Professor: Hilary Todd

Document Summary

Classical school (1700~1800, pre-classical: criminals or mentally ill people = evil spirits or demons possessed demonology, Confessions through torture (burning) punishment: death penalty or torture: due process (fair treatment) imprisonment=punishment, limitation on severity of punishment, rational choice theory offenders make conscious choices based on cost-benefit system (free will) Policy is premised on differential association theory and social environment (ex. correctional rehab program: punishment should fit the crime, hedonism pleasure is primary good. Utilitarianism reasoned decisions will produce the greatest good for the greatest number of people. Free will will is not conditioned or determined by external factors. Jeremy bentham punishment should be known to public advance. ~1789(french rev: modern cjs: codification of criminal offences, presumption of innocence, legal concept of mens rea , Contemporary prisons based on notion of imprisonment: positivist school criminality = genetic trait (dar(cid:449)i(cid:374)(cid:859)s theor(cid:455) of e(cid:448)olutio(cid:374), me(cid:374)del(cid:859)s genetics) mid 1800s, ai(cid:374)t i(cid:373)o(cid:374): i(cid:374)trodu(cid:272)ed (cid:862)positi(cid:448)is(cid:373)(cid:863, cesare lombroso: first efforts to put scientific methods to criminality.