What Classical Theories Still In Use Today And How Do They Affect Policy Making?

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What classical theories are still in use today and how do they effect policy making ?(1&2) Classical theories on crime and behavior plays a significant role in today's criminal justice system. Since the emergence of Classical school of criminology the use of torture, capital punishment and corporal punishment has declined. Before Classical theory punishments for crimes committed meant pain/torture such as hangings, whippings, humiliation, torture, etc. Since we have become more civilized our punishments just mean being incarcerated and detained by the state. Instead of punishing the body they punish the mind/soul of the criminal by taking way their freedom. When it comes to policy making we are now unable to use pain as punishment and we must

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