SOCPSY 2D03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cesare Lombroso, Edwin Sutherland, Émile Durkheim
31 Jan 2020
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What is criminology: is the body of knowledge regarding crime as a social phenomenon. It"s said that immigrants commit more crime than native born is that true: first generation immigrant is less likely to commit crime than their children and so on. The father of criminology : cesare lombroso, the born criminal . Identified with physical defects that suggest that they are somehow criminal or deviant: they were savage, measuring skull and facial features, they looked like apes primitive nature, criminal atavism. Crime as a social phenomenon how we got there: biological and psychological: It is inevitable, crime is linked to human differences in society: crime is useful or helpful for society crime has a way forward for society bring social change and evolve it. Why do some groups seem more crime prone than others: operation of criminal justice system, the nature and operation of, police, criminal courts, correctional system, study of punishment.
