CRIM 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Fecundity, Montesquieu, Social Fact
12 Jan 2016
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Study of humans in society, how they interact. Criminology is the study of the crime, why people commit crime = something is criminal if it breaks the law. Are both distinct, but have a overlap, the bastard child of sociology . Social relations- the way that individuals and groups relate to each other (goverened or controlled by law and by the cjs) Social forces- shape our political system, our social system, our laws and our criminal justice system. Social conduct- how we behave or conduct ourselves in our social relations. Social conventions- norms or expectations- what people expect we will do. Social constraints- can be formal or informal. Formal social constraints (laws, the courts, the police, the prison system) Social institutions- (eg. the cjs) largely modern creations, designed to constrain those who do not follow social convention. Sociology involves a respect for logical clarity in the formulation of theories, and also involves disciplined empirical investigation.
