Criminology: Compare and contrast classicist and positivist approaches
Compare and contrast classicist and positivist approaches to the causes and appropriate responses to crime.
In this essay you should set out the key approaches embraced by both of these criminological schools towards the causes / responses to crime, identify key thinkers associated with both schools of thought and the reforms with which they were associated and then provide a detailed analysis of the key differences that distinguish between these two schools of thought regarding the causes of and responses to criminal behavior.
1) Develop analysis/evaluation more fully than mere description
2) Ensure that you use a sufficient range of sources
3) Ensure that these sources are correctly referenced in both the text of your essay and also in the bibliography