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The development of criminological thought through the ninete

 

            In this essay I will discuss the development of criminological thought through the nineteenth century. Previous to the nineteenth century the scientific study of why crime occurs had just begun. The eighteenth century was starting to logically reason why crime occurs, rather that just saying it was Satan who caused a person to commit a crime. The nineteenth century was really a huge jump for the development of criminological thought; it "is referred to as modern criminology" (Asian best network marketing mlm opportunity mail). "Criminologists conducted empirical tests of their theories, rather than relying solely on speculation, and consequently developed a wide range of theories" (Asian best network marketing mlm opportunity mail). Some key beneficiaries in this development were: Adolphe Quetelet who developed the "thermic law"(Frank Schmalleger, Rebecca Volk, 2001, 43), Andre Michel Guerry who along with Quetelet formed the basis for the "statistical school of criminology" (Frank Schmalleger, Rebecca Volk, 2001, 43), Thomas Robert Malthus who wrote the "essay on population" (Malthus" Essay on Population), Cesare Lombroso who developed characterology, Enrico Ferri who brought the work done by Lombroso the United states, Raffaele Garfalo who also contributed to the work of Lombroso, and Francis Galton who was the first person to introduce the use of fingerprinting to convict a criminal. .
             "Lambert Adolphe Jacques Quetelet was a gifted Belgian mathematician and astronomer, whose application of statistical reasoning to social phenomena profoundly influenced the course of European social science" (Adolphe Quetelet). Quetelet began his work in the early 1820's "when he was employed by the government of low countries to improve the collection and interpretation of census data" (Adolphe Quetelet). Quetelet met the government's requests and devised improvements. "Quetelet was the first to use the normal curve other than as an error law" (Adolphe Quetelet).


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