CRM 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Circular Reasoning, Ecological Fallacy, Victimology
14 Jan 2015
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Reflect, evaluate information and acknowledge context (economic, historical, social, etc. ) Questioning what is being presented to you. Supporting arguments: how is structured to make its point ?are you convinced. It"s not too support the criminal justice system or devoted to curing criminals. The body ok knowledge regarding crime as a social phenomenon . Making sense of observations about crime that are consistent with particular understandings of our social world. The application of sound evidence to policy making. Elements of good theory are testable, logical, makes sense of conflicting facts, considers alternatives, appropriate scope. We are going to be critical of popular theories: they are sensationalized, they convey exaggeration messages, portrays stereotypes. Criminological research: deductive research (testing theory) Theory-hypothesis-observation: inductive research (deriving theory from data) Certain areas: causes of crime, patterns of criminal behavior, societal reactions to crime. New fields within criminology: green criminology, terrorism studies, feminist criminology, victimology, international approaches to criminology y, public criminology.
