CRIM 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Fecundity, Scientific Method, Human Science
2 Nov 2016
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Social relations- the way that individuals and groups relate to each other (governed or controlled by law and by the criminal justice system. ) Social forces- shape our political system, our social system, our laws and. Social conduct- how we behave or conduct ourselves in our social relations. Social conventions- norms or expectations-- what people expect we will do. Social constraints- can be formal or informal, informal constraints (rejections, shunning or exclusion). Formal social constraints (laws, the courts, the police, the prison system). Social institutions- (eg. the criminal justice system) largely modern creations, designed to constrain those who do not follow social convention. Sociology involves a respect for logical clarity in the formulation of theories, and also involves disciplined empirical investigation. Science = the use of logical, systematic methods to produce a body of knowledge. Theory = explains why things happen; help us make sense out of the facts: through construction of abstract interpretations of empirical situations.
