Roots
The "Father" of the classical school of criminology.
Who is Beccaria?
The most effective aspect of punishment that deters crime.
What is certainty?
The behavior being predicted by the classical school of criminology.
What is crime (or deviance)?
What is eugenics?
The "Father" of the positivist school.
Who is Lombroso?
This type of deterrence prevents those not being punished from engaging in crime.
The behavior being predicted by the positivist school of criminology.
What is crime (or deviance)?
Critics of the classical school of criminology argue that punishment can ______ offending.
What is increase?
The historical time period that influenced the development of the classical school of criminology.
What is the Enlightenment Period?
Lombroso examined this to identify criminals.
What are physical features?
The initial cause of crime, according to the classical school of criminology.
What are inherent motivations to pursue pleasure?
This assumption of human nature from the classical school of criminology has been questioned by other theorists, pointing to the role of emotions and substance use in crime.
What is humans are rational actors?
This school of theories assumes that crime is caused by the pursuit of self-interest in absence of effective punishment.
What is the classical school?
The only purpose of punishment according to the classical school of criminology.
What is to prevent future offending?
The trait that causes crime, according to Lombroso.
What is atavistic?
The amount of evidence contemporary research finds supporting Lombroso's theory.
What is little?
This concept, important to early positivist theories, is described as using the size of the brain or skull to determine superiority or inferiority.
What is craniometry?
According to Lombroso, this type of offender engages in crime because of opportunities in the environment.
What is criminaloid?
The absence of this causes crime, according to the classical school of criminology.
What is effective punishment?
Early methods of this theory were flawed, as scientists selectively picked what to study.
What is the evolutionary theory of crime?