CRM 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Cucking Stool, Actus Reus, Age Of Enlightenment
17 Feb 2017
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Essays on crime and punishment publication 1764: cesare beccaria"s famous book on classical criminology. Classical criminology is concerned with just deviant acts not deviant people. Social contract: a legalistic contract between freely consenting human individuals. According to classical theorists the purpose of punishment is deterrence. Economically shift from feudalism (present in the age of the monarchy, moving away from absolute monarchy, economic system based on repression) to early forms of capitalism (society, a modern nation state becoming a lot more democratic) Protestant reformation: when martin luther king iv: presented the idea that man is capable of interpreting the bible without the pope. Church has less power in term of administration of law, man had new status of being a free thinker, an entity of its own. Population growth: shifts from people living in small towns and areas moving to big cities: urbanization. More dense and diverse society, based on differences not similarities.
