Really interesting material - thanks for this! I thought I'd read quite a lot about this interesting period of criminology but your sources were new to me. In retrospect, of course, it seems pretty clear that Classical criminology was never going to work, what with its belief that people - and especially criminals - were motivated by reason above all things, but the idea does keep rearing its head here and there, as in Rational Choice Theory. Everyone ought to read about this, so I'll share it to Notes again.
Thank you. My PhD is taking more time than I had foreseen along some medical issues, medical trials, and such. So, I am also writing summaries and assessments of stuff that I read and I think would be relevant.
The contributions to the Criminals and Their Scientists are a little more Foucault-laced than the stuff I hope to write, but it’s really quite interesting. Have lots planned, and some new guest contributors too.
Really interesting material - thanks for this! I thought I'd read quite a lot about this interesting period of criminology but your sources were new to me. In retrospect, of course, it seems pretty clear that Classical criminology was never going to work, what with its belief that people - and especially criminals - were motivated by reason above all things, but the idea does keep rearing its head here and there, as in Rational Choice Theory. Everyone ought to read about this, so I'll share it to Notes again.
Hi Jason,
Thank you. My PhD is taking more time than I had foreseen along some medical issues, medical trials, and such. So, I am also writing summaries and assessments of stuff that I read and I think would be relevant.
The contributions to the Criminals and Their Scientists are a little more Foucault-laced than the stuff I hope to write, but it’s really quite interesting. Have lots planned, and some new guest contributors too.