Crime and its historical context 0.0 / 5 ? CriminologyCriminal JusticeUniversityNone Created by: babzy97Created on: 06-03-17 15:01 When was the pre-'Enlightenment'? 1600's 1 of 10 Where was the law centred during the pre-'Enlightenment'? the parish/village= local law 2 of 10 What was a witch-hunt? : search for witches or evidence of witchcraft often involving moral panic 3 of 10 When and what was The Bloody Code? 1688-1800. The increase in crimes carrying the death penalty and people being hung for petty crimes. 4 of 10 What was the Enlightenment period? Cultural movement of intellectuals beginning (late 17th and throughout 18th century) Europe, emphasizing reason and individualism 5 of 10 What was the thinking of John Locke? voluntary agreement by citizens gives political power to governors (consent) 6 of 10 What was the thinking of Thomas Hobbes? ‘Leviathan’: negative view of human behaviour; unless social institutions to support social contracts and laws to enforce them 7 of 10 What was the thinking of Rousseau? citizens should be educated to prefer the community over private self interest 8 of 10 What was the thinking of Beccaria? Classicism- torture was useless and that prisons should be extended and improved with sentences to become more individualised. 9 of 10 What was the thinking of Foucault? Shift of focus of punishment from prisoner’s body to ‘soul' 10 of 10
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