Despite the laudable contributions of classical and positivist criminology to the development of modern penal frameworks, criminal behaviour cannot be understood within the confines of the two theories unaided. Findings are that, beyond the domains of classical and positivist criminology lay an array of...
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...