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What impact have positivism and the classical school of criminology had on the basic structure of the criminal justice system and the focus of its policies?

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The solution below should get you started (see attachment). In this particular task, you are asking for help in discussing positivism and classicism's influence on the criminal justice system's policies. I suggest making it short using this outline:

1. About the schools of thought - 100 words
2. Impact on policymaking - 150 words

Classicism & Positivism in Criminology

There are currently 2 schools of thought utilized in criminology - positivism (which assumes that criminal behavior has its own distinct set of characteristics where utilizes scientific principles to identify key differences between 'criminals' and 'non-criminals') and classicism (which espouses that man has the free will to make decisions about his actions and thoughts so that as a 'calculating animal', man causes crime by free ...

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