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CC 100- (6) Flashcards
Karten in diesem Stapel (10)
- 1Significance of social contextall theorists, are affected by social, political, economic & historical circumstances
- 2Positivist Schoolnotion of criminality as an inherited (genetic) propensity
- 3Chicago Schoolview criminality as a product of the social environment was shaped by the rapid urbanization that took place late 1800s and early 1900s
- 4Classical School of Criminologyrecommendations regarding the need for due process, the use of imprisonment as punishment, limitations on the severity of punishment
(Baron de Montesquieu, Cesare Beccaria, Jeremy Bentham) - 5Utilitarianismthe actions of governments & individuals should be measured in terms of their utility (how much pleasure the bring & how people benefit)
- 6Positivist SchoolCesare Lombroso, Raffaele Garonfalo, Enrico Ferri (scientific method to the use of society, including the study of crime & criminals)
- 7Cesare Lombrosos Atavistic ManAtavism: notion that criminals are less evolved than "normal" humans (degenerate, evolutionary throwbacks)
- 8Enrico Ferri"the born criminal"
-also acknowledged the influence of age, gender, ethnicity & social class on criminality - 9Raffaele Garonfalofocused on "social defence" and "natural crimes"
-argued for abolition of juries (claiming judges are better at making decisions than general public)
-criticized for their support of Eugenics - 10Conflict Theorysociety & its laws & legal system are rooted in social, political & economic conflict