Describe how classical and positive schools of criminology perspectives differ from one another
What will be an ideal response?
Answer:
• Free will versus scientific determinism:
o The Classical School said that people have free will and the ability to choose behavior through reason.
o Positive School said that behavior is caused by biological, psychological, and sociological forces outside of a person's control.
• Punishment (deterrence) versus treatment (rehabilitation): The classical school used swift, certain, and sufficiently harsh punishment to deter people from committing crimes. The positive school used treatment to rehabilitate the person.
• Study of criminal law versus study of individual offender: The classical school focuses on preventing crime and promoting justice. The positive school focuses on the causes of crime and the medical, psychological, and social characteristics of individual offenders.
o The classical school made legal reforms and developed a criminal code.
o The positive school produced indeterminate sentencing and parole boards.
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