CRJS 1001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Travis Hirschi, Anomie, Harm Reduction
6 Dec 2016
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Regards criminals as abnormal, anti-social people: objectivist-legalistic approach crime is defined according to legal statutes anything in the criminal code would qualify as criminal. Causes of rule-breaking behavior biological, psychological, or: social-reaction perspective crime can be understood as behavior. Over of the acts of crime that come to the attention of police are non- violent but mass media shows crime as brutal, interpersonal violence. Factors such as age, gender and where people reside = predictors for explaining fear of crime. Renaissance: free will and rational decision making: beccaria and bentham = criminality can be understood on the basis of, classical school of criminology crime could be effectively deterred if society invoked reasonable punishments. Sociological and non-sociological explanations of crime: sociological theorizing: Primarily interested in understanding group action and patterns of group behavior. Example: how crime is related to gender, race and social class. This is why gender was discussed a lot in the book.
