A key point of classicism is...
People have free will
Everyone who commits a crime gets caught
Only certain people are criminals
In classical criminology punishment what should punishment be?
Brutal
Only used for extreme criminal behaviour
Not necessary
Severe but fair
A central focus of classical criminology was to establish a reformed, equitable and efficient system of justice
A key point of the classical approach
All offenders would grow out of committing their crimes
Women do not commit crimes and should never experience punishment
Punishment should act as a deterrent to everyone
Punishment should only be meted out on second and subsequent crimes
Which one is a key figure in the Routine Activity Theory?
Tannenbaum
Beccaria
Felson
Siht - Nrael
Classicism also drew on other theories. Which ones?
Social Contract theory
Strain theory
Both of these answers
One of the reasons that classicism fell from popularity in 19th century?
It had created a huge increase in crimes
The prisons were became so full they could not cope
It was a one size fits all approach that failed to take into account of peoples differences
Classical criminologists concerned themselves with the creation of what they believed was a true class structure for society
Who was it who invented the panoptican and wrote ' The principles of morals and legislation'?
Jeremy Bentham
Robert Merton
Tim Seddon
William Whitelaw
Cornish and Clarke expanded on the explanation of rationality. They described their explanation of this as.....
bounded or limited rationality
rounded rationality
rational rationality
Which are classed as contemporary classical theories or contemporary rational actor theories?
Rational choice theory
routine activity theory
Situational prevention
Evolutionary theory
Rehabilitation theory
Deterrence theory
A criticism of situational prevention is that is simply displaces crime elsewhere.
The key concept of contemporary deterrence is that the certainty of getting caught and being punished is far more effective than the severity of the punishment itself
What year did Mrs Thatcher become prime minister?
1969
1979
1984
1975
Felson introduced a fourth variable to the routine activity model. What was it?
A 'fence' to remove the stolen goods
Absence of initimate handler
Total lack of morality
