ADMJ 0600 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Public-Order Crime, Financial Crimes, Design Methods
4 Sep 2017
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Criminology: an academic discipline that uses the scientific method to study the nature, extent, cause, and control of criminal behavior. Criminologists remain objective as they study crime and its consequences. Developmental criminology (20th century: gluecks: integrated biological, social, and psychological elements. Initiation and continuity of a criminal career is a developmental process influenced by both internal and external situations, conditions and circumstances. Deviant behavior: any action that departs from the social norms of society. A deviant act becomes a crime when it is deemed socially harmful or dangerous (it will then be specifically defined prohibited and punished. Criminalized (becomes a crime) vs. decriminalized (penalties attached are reduced) Consensus view of crime: crimes are behaviors that all elements of society consider repugnant. Therefore, criminal law reflects the (cid:448)alues, (cid:271)eliefs, a(cid:374)d opi(cid:374)io(cid:374)s of so(cid:272)iety"s (cid:373)ai(cid:374)st(cid:396)ea(cid:373) Ideally, laws apply equally to all members and their effects are not restricted to any single element of society.
