Sociology 2266A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Middle Ages, Inflectional Phrase, Atavism
12 Mar 2017
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Europe: population surge fuelled period colonial expansion monarch sought havens surplus pops and access market and raw materials. The classical theory of crime: state required to provide protection but couldn"t violate rights of citizens. The classical school and legal reform: excesses and injustices attacked and foundations modern legal system established, due-process safeguards, guarantee individual rights and equality before law, separation judicial and legislative funcs, establishment fixed penalties. The statistical school: social structure and crime: reliance objective empirical data, opposed philosophical conjecture/ speculation= positivists, statistical school- began to explore structure of emerging european societies w assistance of statistical methods. Lombroso and the positive school: positive school- first study crime scientifically. Incorporated darwin"s ideas of the struggle for survival and survival of the fittest about thinking of criminals and how should deal with. Not due to biological factors, could come resemble born criminals long time prison. The contribution of the positive school: punishment should fit criminal.
