CRM 1301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Cesare Beccaria, Homo Economicus, Not Fair

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 1301
• Professor: Christine Gervais

Document Summary

Changes new relations of power: literacy & knowledge. Thanks to the printing press & the emergence of philosophers: discovery of the new world. Geographical discoveries led to destruction: challenges to the church doctrine. Especially by decenters and those fuelled by the monarchy. New emergence of power at this time lead to a new definition of deviance/crime. King assumes supernatural authority (divine right of kings) Crime anything that goes against the king"s peace. Punishment spectacle of the king"s power. Industrial revolution: implied a lot of social and economic changes, shift from agriculturally based society to one that relies on capital. Economic growth: had new access to new resources that fuel what is being produced, previously unknown and unused products emerged. Factory owners & factory workers: led to a redistribution of products/services. New economy based on capital: created class divisions, a large part of the population was displaced. Shift from discipline of the body to the discipline of the mind.