Dear students,
We are in Week 4 of the course. We will be starting finally with criminological theories. The first group of theories is called the Classical School. The main representatives of the Classical School are Beccaria and Bentham. Study …
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Jeremy Bentham proposed to build a Pantopticon, a prison that allows a watchman to observe occupants without the occupants knowing whether or not they are being watched. The basic setup of Bentham’s panopticon is this: there is a central tower …
Week 4: Classical Thought: Beccaria and Bentham
Overview
This week we will start discussing the early theories in criminology. We will focus on Classical theory which emphasizes free will and rationality as the source of behavior. Hedonism and the “pleasure …
