Classicism

Question 1

What was the rise of science?

Answer 1

People began to question between evolution and creationism.

Question 2

What was the rise of capitalism?

Answer 2

Rapid expansion of industry growth and low-paid workers.

Question 3

What is the split between male and female crime?

Answer 3

95% male 5% female

Question 4

What is hedonism?

Answer 4

The pursuit of pleasure and avoiding pain.

Question 5

What is a large predicting factor of future criminality?

Answer 5

A persons abidance to the social construct.

Question 6

In classicism how does offending occur?

Answer 6

Offending is a result of rational choice and pursuing hedonistic values.

Question 7

What does utilitarianism day about punishment?

Answer 7

That we can punish beyond reasonable means.

Question 8

What is utilitarianism?

Answer 8

Doing the most amount of good for the largest number of people.

Question 9

What is one major drawback to classicism?

Answer 9

People do not act rationally.

Question 10

What is a thesis statement?

Answer 10

A sentence that summarises an essays primary argument.

Question 11

What should be included in an introduction? (5)

Answer 11

Thesis statement, background information, argument outline, address the essay question and key terms definitions.

Question 12

What shouldn’t be included in an essay introduction? (4)

Answer 12

Detailed arguments, referenced from other sources, irrelevant information and the essay question.

Question 13

What should be included in an essay conclusion? (5)

Answer 13

Restate arguments, outline your position, restate thesis, relate arguments back to main question and state the significance of your essay.

Question 14

What should not be included in an essays conclusion? (4)

Answer 14

Any new information or ideas, don’t restate question, references and shallow or smart comments.

Question 15

What were Beccaria’s three characteristics for a punishment to have a deterrent effect?

Answer 15

Severity, certainty and celerity.

Question 16

What forms of punishment was Bentham critical of?

Answer 16

Capital and corporal punishment.

Question 17

Define panopticon.

Answer 17

A building that allowed inmates to be watched without their knowing. Built by Jeremy Bentham.

Question 18

Define bounded rationality.

Answer 18

The idea that we make rational deductions but only based on the information we have available, limited by time, cognitive ability and effort.

Question 19

Define crime script.

Answer 19

A sequence of actions that make up an event. A criminal may test parts of the crime script to find flaws.

Question 20

What are the main features of classical criminology?

Answer 20

Criminals have free-will and act rationally.

Question 21

What is routine activity theory?

Answer 21

Changes in routine activities have created new opportunities for offending.

Question 22

What is the difference between retributivism and utilitarianism?

Answer 22

Retributivism wants to serve a punishment equal to the crime and utilitarianism says that we can serve a punishment beyond reasonable means if it gets the job done.

Question 23

What is ordinal proportionality?

Answer 23

Ranks offences in a hierarchy from worst to less worse.

Question 24

What is cardinal proportionality?

Answer 24

Ranks crimes in an order of scale.