Positivist School vs. Classical School of Criminology, assignment help

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This week’s reading provides overview of the changing boundaries of criminology, counting crime and measuring criminal behavior, and the schools of thought throughout history pertaining to the study of those that commit crime. After reviewing the reading for week 1, as well as the week 1 forum discussion articles in the lesson for this week, discuss/debate with your classmates what the text has to say about the early history of criminal theory and its application to crime control i.e., Positivist School vs. Classical School, plus gender, class and race as they relate to crime. Also, discuss if racial profiling is justifiable? Ever? If the answer is yes, discuss how effective the profiling must be to remain justified? If the answer is no, do the events of 9/11 suggest a justification for other forms of ethnic profiling? Each students answer to the question should be between 700-1000 words. A minimum of two references need to be used in the development of your answer.

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Running head: THE CHANGING BOUNDARIES OF CRIMINOLOGY

The Changing Boundaries of Criminology
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THE CHANGING BOUNDARIES OF CRIMINOLOGY
The Changing Boundaries of Criminology
Several diverse schools of thought have emerged in recent times especially concerning
the occurrence of crime. The Positivist school of thought focuses on the actor or perpetrator of
the offense, and the classical school of thought focuses on offense. Therefore, these two schools
of thought oppose each other. The Classical school of thought believes that when human beings
commit a criminal act, then it is done from their free will (Carrabine et al., 2009).Therefore, it
realizes that people should be held accountable for these acts especially since they have been
done out of the free will. It also believes that people should be judged or held responsible for the
wrongful acts that they have committed. The theory realizes that a functioning government
should, therefore, enforce punishment and laws, which allow people to assess their acti...


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