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AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES are those circumstances that cause the offender to be punished more severely than they would normally be for a specific crime. For example, conviction for the rape of a child would warrant a more serious punishment than rape of an adult, because society views a child as more vulnerable and helpless (Hunter & Dantzker, 2002:3±32). CLASSICAL CRIMINOLOGY as an approach to studying crime emphasises the importance of free will and views a criminal act as one that had been consciously carried out by its perpetrator; the perpetrator has rationally weighed up the advantages and disadvantages of undertaking the action. The main focus of classicist criminology is on the operation of the criminal justice system. Classicists believe that, if this system operated in a consistent and predictable fashion, it would eliminate crime (because those who committed crime knew that they would not get away with it (Joyce, 2006:557))
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