CRM/LAW C7 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Medical Model, Individual Psychological Assessment
29 Sep 2016
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C7 - lecture 2 - theories of crime and punishment. View of human nature: people are equal, people have free will and can therefore be held responsible, rational and utility-driven they run cost/benefit analysis. Cesare lambroso: phrenology believed that criminals had different skull shapes than noncriminals. View of human nature: people are biologically born a criminal, do not have free will -- cannot be punished for their actions, do not practice rational choice. Determining factors of crime may be biological, psychological, and environmental. View of the system: the system should not punish, rehabilitate instead, medical model treatment, focus on the criminal not the crime , prioritize individual assessment and judicial discretion. Crime is subjective (example: it used to be illegal to marry someone from another race) Marxist: the purpose of our criminal justice system is to reproduce inequality. Foucalt: the disciplinary institutions: purpose is to make people conform and useful o. Institutions like offices and hospitals look the same o.
