How has positivism contributed to criminology as a field? In responding, you might consider how positivism differs from prior approaches to the study of crime.
What will be an ideal response?
Positivism: Social Darwinism, Born criminals, Feeblemindedness, Psychosurgery, Eugenics; Emphasis on treatment and rehabilitation, Psychosurgery, Sterilization; basic premises of positivism are: measurement (quantification), objectivity (neutrality), and causality (determinism). Positivism, with its emphasis on scientific investigation, also helped sponsor a reform orientation. Rehabilitation and reformation replaced punishment as the primary motive of corrections. In fact, the very terminology changed from penology to corrections. Its emphasis on therapy and treatment and scientific evaluation were positive developments
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When Allison goes to work, her boss often makes sexual comments about her body and sometimes whistles at her. During a recent meeting, he said she was a good employee, for a woman. This is an example of what type of victimization?
A. statutory rape B. sexual coercion C. verbal abuse D. visual abuse
Which amendment ensures a right to privacy?
a. First b. Fourth c. Fourteenth d. none of these
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A. peacekeeping without aggressive law enforcement. B. order maintenance and crime control. C. the provision of services. D. limited use of discretion.