This paper examines criminal behavourial tendencies as understood in the contexts of classical and positivist criminology. Classical Criminology admits that criminal behaviour is deliberate. It, therefore, advocates a proportionate punishment of the criminal vis-a-vis the crime purportedly committed. ...
What is the difference between classical and positivist criminology? The positivist school of criminology focuses on the offender rather than the offense anduses science rather than philosophy to explain crime. ... The classical school utilizes philosophy to try to understand why people break the law...
It should be said that this judgment incisively reveals the root cause of the divergence between the classical school of criminology and the positivist school of criminology. However, the differences between the two schools on human nature are not only limited to the understanding of criminals' ...