Question

At the end of the nineteenth century, the popularity of the classical approach began to decline as _____ criminologists focused their attention on internal and external factors, such as poverty, IQ, and education, rather than personal choice and decision making.
a. positivist
b. ecological
c. classical
d. interactionist

Answer 1

Option A

At the end of the nineteenth century, the popularity of the classical approach began to decline as  positivist criminologists focused their attention on internal and external factors, such as poverty, IQ, and education, rather than personal choice and decision making.

Explanation:

Positivist criminology implies that illegal practice has a distinct set of features. Positivism does not involve itself with the obscure and unprovable, but preferably with the objective and quantifiable. Positivist strategies have concentrated on seeking criminal behavior and ought found that behavior is foreseen and concluded.

Eventually, positivist criminology inquired to recognize other purposes of criminal behavior exceeding option. The primary assumptions of positivism are estimation, objectivity, and causality. Positivist criminology started to rise, which is the knowledge of criminal behavior based on external circumstances.