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1
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Book written by Bennett in 1987. Tried to predict what crime would be like in the future.

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Crimewarps.

2
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We must have this to understand theory and why crime happens at a particular time.

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Social context

3
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Early theories of crime

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Focused on the criminal man (the individual), how they acted and what they looked like.

4
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Absolute good versus absolute evil. Can’t sufficiently be proven. “the devil made me do it.”

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Spiritualism.

5
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Believed that punishment should be a deterrent. Behavior is the result of free will and hedonistic calculus.

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Jeremy Bentham.

6
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Looked at prison (reforms)

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John Howard.

7
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Father of criminology. He pushed testing theories.

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Lombroso

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​Survival​ ​of​ ​the​ ​fittest,​ ​Social​ ​darwinism,​ ​believed​ ​crime​ ​wasn’t​ ​a​ ​part​ ​of​ ​society​ ​naturally.
Classical school.

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Garofalo.

9
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No significant physical differences between the criminal and non criminals. Physical traits not causal.

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Goring.

10
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Theories of delinquency. Delinquency is inherited. (Eugenics)

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Sheldon

11
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Understanding crime through science.

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Positivist era goal.

12
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Tested the IQ of inmates to see if it affects a person if they commit crime. Inheritance of criminal behavior.

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Goddard.

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​Classical​ ​school.​ ​A​ ​lot​ ​of​ ​his​ ​points​ ​are​ ​in​ ​the​ ​American​ ​Constitution.​ ​To​ ​deter​ ​crime,
punishment​ ​must​ ​be​ ​swift,​ ​certain,​ ​and​ ​fit​ ​the​ ​crime.​ ​Punishment​ ​should​ ​fit​ ​the​ ​crime.

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Beccaria.

14
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A naturalistic explanation that says the brain is an organ of the mind. It is the bridge between spiritualism and positivism.

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Hippocrates dictum.

15
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What were Lombroso’s 4 major categories of criminals?

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(1) Born criminals
(2) Insane criminals
(3) Occasional criminals
(4) Criminals of passion

16
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According to Garofalo, the acts violated these two basic sentiments that appear in “all civilized society:”

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Pity and Probity.

17
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Made a comparative study of male delinquents and non-delinquents. They were found to have narrower faces, wider chests, larger and broader waists, and bigger forearms/upper arms.

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Sheldon and Eleanor Gluek.