CRIM 335 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1 (part1): Motor Vehicle Theft, Scientific Method, Testability
30 May 2017
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Criminology: the scientific study of crime and especially of why people commit crime. The method of testing predictions through observance and then applying the findings to a larger body of knowledge, as established by theoretical models, is solely the domain of criminologists. Theory: a set of concepts linked together by a series of statements to explain why an event or phenomenon occurs. Provide explanations on why the world works that way it does can be incredibly wrong. *no emphasis on authority, but rather on the scientific method open to criticism, constantly refined* Legalistic approach: defining crime including only the acts that are specifically prohibited in the legal codes of a give jurisdiction. Deviance: not against the law but statistically atypical and may be considered immoral. How society reacts, when someone is caught doing wrong (often a. Integrated theoretical models juvenile: simply attempt to combine all of the models into one framework to better understand crime.
