CRM 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Sexual Assault, Young Offenders Act, Populism
11 Sep 2017
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Scientific approach to the study of crime. Edwin sutherland and donald cressey (1960: (cid:498)criminology is the body of knowledge regarding crime as a social process of law, crime, and treatment. (cid:499) phenomenon. Theory systematic explanation for the observed facts that relate to a. Propositions explaining why events occur in the manner that they do. Crime is not monolithic: not a single or uniform meaning. There are varied and competing perspectives: what constitutes crime depends on different theoretical, methodological orientations. **there is no one perfect or best definition of crime. Crime is always socially defined: every definition of crime has strengths and limitations, there is no (cid:498)inherent(cid:499) crime-ness in an activity; it depends on the particular circumstances and processes involved. 1) formal legal: crime is whatever the state identifies as a crime, if it is defined as a criminal offense in the law, then it is a crime.
