Name the five main assumptions of the positivist school of thought.
What will be an ideal response?
The following are the key assumptions of the positivist school of thought:
Human behavior is determined and not a matter of free will. Consequently, positivists focus on cause-and-effect relationships. Criminals are fundamentally different from noncriminals. Positivists search for such differences by scientific methods. Social scientists (including criminologists) can be objective, or value-neutral, in their work. Crime is frequently caused by multiple factors. Society is based on consensus but not on a social contract.
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