Classical Criminology Flashcards
1
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3 main influences for Classical Criminology
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- Thomas Hobbes
- Utilitarianism
- The Enlightenment
2
Q
What did Thomas Hobbes suggest?(1588-1678)
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- Human beings in “state of nature” are naturally egoistic
- Crime as an example of egoism
- Death penalty as the sacrifice of one life to protect the whole
3
Q
2 theorists of Utilitarianism and what did they say?
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- John Stuart & Jeremy Bentham
- “An action is right if it promotes happiness to the majority group”
4
Q
What was The Enlightenment?
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- European philosophical movement
- 17th & 18th Centuries
5
Q
What did Enlightenment emphasise?
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- Rationality
- Social Reform
- Critique of Ancien Regime
- A “science of society”
