CRM 1300 Study Guide - Final Guide: Salem Witch Trials, Eye For An Eye, Murder Of Kitty Genovese
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How we gain our knowledge: direct experience authority superior knowledge to regular people expert higher power god or fate theory & science. A theory is not the truth, or the answer. Assumptions in criminological theory level of study: micro details, smaller picture (i. e. smaller groups of individuals, gangs, more concrete, macro big picture (i. e. social structures, abstract) Hierarchy (i. e. aboriginals and mental illnesses are marginalized in criminal system over represented . Individuals: active rational, control of own decisions, passive- irrational, some sort of force pushed them into crime (i. e. environmental, biological) Inductive method (grounded theory: observe -> analyze -> explanation(theory) i. e. creating a theory. Deductive method: explanation(theory) -> test -> verify/refute i. e. testing a theory. Queens, ny, attacked and left for dead, people heard her screaming, but no one helped. Diffusion of responsibility- the more people that around, the less likely people are to help (i. e. someone else is going to do something mind thought)
