The Theory Of The Causation Of Crime

As this week’s reading cover a wide range of theories which explaining the causation leading to crime. One thing that is obvious for sure is that crime is a complex issue for one to understand. Many scholars such as Georgette Bernett spent over 20 years studying crime yet many of her prediction has turn out to be false. One observation is that both classical school and positivism arte the reason so progress have been made. The classical school of thought believe that individual has free will and a person is responsible his or her action. Positivist school, on the other hand, accentuate that there are other factors that are biological and rejected the notion of free will of mankind according Cesar Beccaria. Because of Lombroso effort in encourage criminologist in taking second look at crime, Lombroso’s has help to usher in approach to policy that was reformative rather than punitive in impulse.

The reading covers many factors in explaining the connection to crime. It’s also worth noting that it is extremely difficult for any scholar to understand this issue at large. Notably, Georgette Bernett, who is reputable scholar with an extensive experience in studying crime. As she is very well known as an expert in that arena crime, she made a lot of prediction which include general social factor such as time and place of what crime of the future out to be--- so far there is no evidence of Burnett’s prediction that was made three decades ago. Prior any scholar has any knowledge in