CRM/LAW C7 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Scientific Method, Atavism, Cultural Movement

• School: UC-Irvine
• Department: Criminology, Law and Society
• Course: CRM/LAW C7
• Professor: Teresa Dalton

Document Summary

Questions, what is criminal justice, what purpose does our criminal justice system serve, what does it mean for a state to be just, what is criminal justice, reading. Criminal justice theories and ideologies by francis t. cullen and karen e. gilbert: two schools of criminology, classical school, central assumptions of classical school. 6: only the legislator has the authority to make laws. Only laws, in turn, can set the punishment for crimes. Therefore it is the legislature, not the judge, which should fix the precise punishments for violations of the law. The role of the judge should be limited to the determination of guilt or innocence: human beings are both rational and possessed of free will, and can thus be help responsible for their actions. Humans are governed by the principle of utility; that is, they seek pleasure or happiness and avoid pain.