CRCJ 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Karla Homolka, Erving Goffman, Sexual Assault
16 May 2018
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Criminology
Lecture 1
Defining criminology
• Sutherland and cressey
• Body of knowledge/ crime – social phenomenon
• Creating laws, law – breaking and reactions to them
o Some people do not have the right state of mind to realize that they are
committing a crime.
o Young people are also not always aware that the act they are doing is
committing a crime (In Canada age 12-17. In the UK starts at age 10)
o To be in a federal prison you must be serving anything over 2 years in jail.
Why and where is the value in researching crime?
• In order to better prevent crimes, we reduce recidivism
• Helps Medical scientists develop cures for those who are mentally unstable.
Most common type of crime in Canada?
• Property related offences
Media and Crime
• Public perception
• CSI effect (not exactly accurate. Not as efficient as displayed)
• Critique
Highly mediatized cases: Luca Magnotta & Karla Homolka
The discipline of criminology
• Definition of crime and criminals
o Not all acts are criminal, in the past we can look at homosexual activity. Texting
and driving is another example. Marijuana. Medical assisted suicide.
• Origins and Role of the law
( see notebook for more notes)
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Document Summary
In the uk starts at age 10: to be in a federal prison you must be serving anything over 2 years in jail. In order to better prevent crimes, we reduce recidivism: helps medical scientists develop cures for those who are mentally unstable. Most common type of crime in canada: property related offences. Media and crime: public perception, csi effect (not exactly accurate. Highly mediatized cases: luca magnotta & karla homolka. The discipline of criminology: definition of crime and criminals, not all acts are criminal, in the past we can look at homosexual activity. Medical assisted suicide: origins and role of the law ( see notebook for more notes) Uniform crime report system (ucr: ucr 1. 0 received a lot of criticism, it only documented what happened. No information on the offender or the victim: ucr 2. 0- pays more attention to the details of what occurred.
