CRIM 210 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Anomie, Fatalism, Reaction Formation
9 Mar 2016
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Positivism: an 18the century philosophical, theoretical, and methodological perspective positing that only that which is observable through the scientific method is knowledge, assumption: behaviour is determined by some factor(s) beyond the control of the indi. Classical school of criminology: the school of thought in 18th century that assumes ppl are rational, intelligent beings who exercise free will in choosing criminal behaviour. Cesare beccaria: offenders must be presumed innocent, offences and punishments should be specified in a written code of criminal laws, guity ppl deserved to be punished. 5. the punishment should fit the crime the offenders must be held responsible for their behaviour. Influenced by darwin, evolutionary ideas: born criminal. Psychological positivism: psychoanalytic theories, crime and delinquencies are symptoms of an underlying emotional abnormality/ disturbance that stems from childhood, freud 1953: i. personality= 5 stages of personality development: oral, anal, phallic, latency, genital, conflict arise between id, ego, superego.
