SOC227 Lecture Notes - Pathological Lying, Alan Dershowitz, Junk Food
9 Apr 2014
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Classical school: one of the first to develop an organized perspective of crime"s nature. No need to examine community and society and crime but instead just think deeply. *emphasis on rationality: the light of pure reason . 1761: the academy of fists - assigned a topic and go out and research and write a paper about how best to address it. He was assigned topic of crime and punishment. 1764: on crime and punishment (with assistance of allesandro and pietro verri) Praised by catherine the great, william blackstone, thomas jefferson, john adams. Basic principles: human nature: all human beings rational hedonists - seek to maximize our pleasure and minimize our pain; act wilfully and freely. Commit crime because believe can attain greater advantages by doing so, rather than not: crime related to inequities in criminal justice system. At time - judges unbridled autonomy; no consistency/uniformity in sentencing.
