CRIM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Gary Becker, Chromosome, Jeremy Bentham
14 Oct 2015
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It sounds good in theory : theories seen as fanciful ideas, that have little to do with reality, armchair speculation, generated by people sitting in ivory towers(aker &sellers, 2009) Crime is caused by a lack or morals. The significance of social context: positivist school notion of criminality as inherited (genetic) propensity was reflection of what was going on in mid- to late- Prior to the emergence of the classical school , it was generally believed that criminals were possessed by evil spirits, or demons. Classical school emerged during enlightenment(also known as. The age of reason), bracketed by english revolution of 1689 at one end, french revolution of 1789 at the others, with american. It was during this period that newton discovered the laws of gravity, voltarie argued against superstition (i. e. , religion), Rousseau wrote about the social contract , adam smith inquired into the nature and causes of the wealth of nation .
