Produce an essay which describes the development of criminology, including an explanation of the early approaches that argue for ‘rehabilitation’ (theory of freewill) or the ‘treatment’ (biological theory) of criminals (incorporate the theories of Lombroso and Beccaria in your answer).
Criminology has developed so much from when it stated. Criminology came along just so society could understand the social world but it has gone further than that. There have been many criminologists and their theories which has contributed to the development of criminology. One of the main theories being the theory of freewill. This theory believes that there should be a set of social rules and anyone that breaks these is out of the social norm and should be …show more content…
This theory also believes that you can identify a criminal by certain body types. This essay will show the development of criminology and how the theories of Lombroso and Beccaria have helped to develop criminology.
Since the 18th century the theorist of criminology and the government have tried to understand about why people turn to crime and criminal behaviour. People were relying on religion to find out and understand what good and evil was. The death penalty was also in place at this time which meant people who had done minor crimes such as stealing were getting sentenced to death. (Hosteller 2011). Many journalists and philosophers tried to bring in an early attempt of criminology but failed to do so as they did not take into account that a scientific approach was needed for criminology to work. Criminology is now seen as needing to use scientific methods to study it and to understand it. (Watts, Bessant and Hil 2008). The study of criminology is to look at crimes and the effects they can have on the individual and the state. Edwin Sutherland though was still critical as he believed that criminology only focused on crimes that were committed by the poor and did not focus …show more content…
Their use to be no formal punishments and if you did a minor crime you were sentenced to punishments such as death. There was also a big reliance on religion and spirts to guide them to how they should punish their people for crime. Beccaria wanted to change this and he made a fair method to determine what punishment you got depending on the crime you did, this can still be seen today. Lombroso also brought in a method that changed how people saw criminals. He mentioned how certain traits made you a criminal and how some people are just born as a bad person. Even though this method is not as popular today it still developed criminology as people now had an idea of criminals, more than did
Criminology has developed so much from when it stated. Criminology came along just so society could understand the social world but it has gone further than that. There have been many criminologists and their theories which has contributed to the development of criminology. One of the main theories being the theory of freewill. This theory believes that there should be a set of social rules and anyone that breaks these is out of the social norm and should be …show more content…
This theory also believes that you can identify a criminal by certain body types. This essay will show the development of criminology and how the theories of Lombroso and Beccaria have helped to develop criminology.
Since the 18th century the theorist of criminology and the government have tried to understand about why people turn to crime and criminal behaviour. People were relying on religion to find out and understand what good and evil was. The death penalty was also in place at this time which meant people who had done minor crimes such as stealing were getting sentenced to death. (Hosteller 2011). Many journalists and philosophers tried to bring in an early attempt of criminology but failed to do so as they did not take into account that a scientific approach was needed for criminology to work. Criminology is now seen as needing to use scientific methods to study it and to understand it. (Watts, Bessant and Hil 2008). The study of criminology is to look at crimes and the effects they can have on the individual and the state. Edwin Sutherland though was still critical as he believed that criminology only focused on crimes that were committed by the poor and did not focus …show more content…
Their use to be no formal punishments and if you did a minor crime you were sentenced to punishments such as death. There was also a big reliance on religion and spirts to guide them to how they should punish their people for crime. Beccaria wanted to change this and he made a fair method to determine what punishment you got depending on the crime you did, this can still be seen today. Lombroso also brought in a method that changed how people saw criminals. He mentioned how certain traits made you a criminal and how some people are just born as a bad person. Even though this method is not as popular today it still developed criminology as people now had an idea of criminals, more than did