Enrico Ferris Criminal Sociology - 1913 Words

Criminal Sociology (1905) In 1905 Enrico Ferri published another book titled â€Å"Criminal Sociology†. In this work he discussed a wide range of problems that he saw within the criminal justice system and criminality as a whole at the time. A lot of the topics he discussed still can be seen in the way we look at criminality today. He discussed how issues in society could affect the outcomes of criminality of the time, he split all offenders up into five different categories that he discussed in depth, and went in depth to discuss if lower prison population really shows that there is less crime (Ferri). When he was going over whether the decreasing prison population was really coming from less criminality he looked into what sentences had†¦show more content†¦When looking at types of offenders, Ferri’s categories can still be used. We still can see that each type of offender that he had, can still be used to categorize offenders that we see in today’s society. The crimes themselves may be different, but a lot of the issues that people have to make them go down the path of a criminal can still be traced back to the main roots that Enrico Ferri discussed. Socialism and Modern Science (1984) The theory of Darwinism has faced many attacks, including one which pitted it against socialism. In Socialism and Modern Science, Ferri argues that socialism and Darwinism are not in opposition, but are actually in harmony with each other. The main point of Darwinism is â€Å"the survival of the fittest, the victory of the best† (16), which at first seems to be the opposite of what socialism calls for. Some proponents of Darwinism, such as Ernest Haeckel, argue against socialism because they feel that it contradicts and harms Darwinism. There are three arguments Ferri addresses in this book, in which he gives his reasoning for why socialism is best. The first argument is that socialism calls for people and their property to be equal, but Darwinism shows the natural inequality of what people are able to do. Ferri rejects this easily by pointing out that socialism â€Å"has never denied the inequality of individuals,† and says people should do what they are best able to do and not be idle. That specialization produces the