Free will, individual decision making, and the benefit of society to the individual are the bases of classical criminology. ... Classical school of criminology uses subjective factors to define criminal activities while positivist school of criminology uses a more objective method such as scientific investigations. ...
(Australian Institute of Criminology report in crime and criminal justice 1993) Queensland was one of the first jurisdictions anywhere to abolish the death penalty in 1922, and Western Australia is generally regarded as the last State to abolish capital punishment in Australia (in 1984), New South Wales did in fact retain some residual offences relating to piracy and treason, which continued to carry the death penalty. ... Under Commonwealth law, the death penalty was abolished in 1973 by s.4 of the Death Penalty Abolition Act, 1973.( Australian Institute of Criminology report in crime and ...
