CRJS 1001 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST
UPDATE (GRADED A+).
Pre-18th century theories of why people committed crimes were inspired.....
by religious and superstitious beliefs
Judeo-Christian teachings offered to explanations for central behaviour of bad spirits
Temptation and possessional
reasons that drawing and quartering were a punishment in the 18th century?
And it was an objective to keep society in line and portrays the power held by the elites to maintain
power
The scientific revolution caused
A change of thinking in the enlightenment era, and people of power to give up
Scientific thought created the
social contract
Social Contract
The classical school of thought advocated for....
fairness, equality and laws
What kind of philosophy is the first formal school of criminology bring?
Liberalism and utilitarianism to the justice system
The idea of the classical theory of crime is that....
All humans are rational thinkers, can make decisions for themselves and know what's wrong from right
The changes proposed by classical theorists were based on ......
radical new theory of the causes of crime (these ideas were considered radical at the time.)
The radical new theory of the causes of crime is based on ......
The assumption that people are rational, and calculate the consequences of their actions
What were the changes that were proposed by classical theorists?
Fitting the punishment to the crime and create a law system that is fair
the premise of the classical theory of crime
People are rational, and the punishments will decrease crime
the theory behind The classical theory of crime
, Justice must not be excessive and unfair. It is the most effective and fairest way anything more with the
brakes, social contract.
What did the classical school of thought contribute to in todays Society?
I did provide a foundation for the Canadian criminal law and criminal justice system with equal
punishments of crime
What was the Lombroso the founder of?
The positive school of thought,
What did lombroso want to understand and how did he do it?
He wanted to understand deviancy, and did so by observing physical differences of criminals and non-
criminals
What theory did Lombroso apply to characterized criminals
Use Darwins evolutionarily theory to deem criminals as atavists, and that they were born criminals and
distinguished by stigmata
What are atavists
Less evolved, inferior to humans
stigmata
Physical characteristics of under development (atavism)
What was Lombroso's approach to people with stigmata and atavism in the criminal context
He argued that they were born with deficiencies and therefore should be given less harsher
punishments for crimes
The contributions to today's criminal justice system by the positive school of thought
Probation, intermediate sentences, mitigation circumstances where judges should have discretion
Implications of early biological explanations in terms of the early series and biological positivism
Biological positivism, determinism, and eugenics
Biological positivism
Born criminals (eugenics movement in Nazi Germany)
Determinism
Opposite of free will
Eugenics
Encouraging those with desirable traits to make more babies so there aren't a lot of criminal looking
people
UPDATE (GRADED A+).
Pre-18th century theories of why people committed crimes were inspired.....
by religious and superstitious beliefs
Judeo-Christian teachings offered to explanations for central behaviour of bad spirits
Temptation and possessional
reasons that drawing and quartering were a punishment in the 18th century?
And it was an objective to keep society in line and portrays the power held by the elites to maintain
power
The scientific revolution caused
A change of thinking in the enlightenment era, and people of power to give up
Scientific thought created the
social contract
Social Contract
The classical school of thought advocated for....
fairness, equality and laws
What kind of philosophy is the first formal school of criminology bring?
Liberalism and utilitarianism to the justice system
The idea of the classical theory of crime is that....
All humans are rational thinkers, can make decisions for themselves and know what's wrong from right
The changes proposed by classical theorists were based on ......
radical new theory of the causes of crime (these ideas were considered radical at the time.)
The radical new theory of the causes of crime is based on ......
The assumption that people are rational, and calculate the consequences of their actions
What were the changes that were proposed by classical theorists?
Fitting the punishment to the crime and create a law system that is fair
the premise of the classical theory of crime
People are rational, and the punishments will decrease crime
the theory behind The classical theory of crime
, Justice must not be excessive and unfair. It is the most effective and fairest way anything more with the
brakes, social contract.
What did the classical school of thought contribute to in todays Society?
I did provide a foundation for the Canadian criminal law and criminal justice system with equal
punishments of crime
What was the Lombroso the founder of?
The positive school of thought,
What did lombroso want to understand and how did he do it?
He wanted to understand deviancy, and did so by observing physical differences of criminals and non-
criminals
What theory did Lombroso apply to characterized criminals
Use Darwins evolutionarily theory to deem criminals as atavists, and that they were born criminals and
distinguished by stigmata
What are atavists
Less evolved, inferior to humans
stigmata
Physical characteristics of under development (atavism)
What was Lombroso's approach to people with stigmata and atavism in the criminal context
He argued that they were born with deficiencies and therefore should be given less harsher
punishments for crimes
The contributions to today's criminal justice system by the positive school of thought
Probation, intermediate sentences, mitigation circumstances where judges should have discretion
Implications of early biological explanations in terms of the early series and biological positivism
Biological positivism, determinism, and eugenics
Biological positivism
Born criminals (eugenics movement in Nazi Germany)
Determinism
Opposite of free will
Eugenics
Encouraging those with desirable traits to make more babies so there aren't a lot of criminal looking
people
