SOCI 427 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Occupational Hazard, Surplus Labour, Communications Security
10 Nov 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Welfare scissors - when the economy goes up, Soci 427 l01 - (spring 2017) soci organize of criminal justice two texts he mentions (that are impactful): Tuesday may 23rd 2017: principles of criminology as other so(cid:272)ial (cid:271)eha(cid:448)ior(cid:863, central theme is that (cid:862)(cid:272)ri(cid:373)i(cid:374)al (cid:271)eha(cid:448)ior results fro(cid:373) the sa(cid:373)e so(cid:272)ial pro(cid:272)esses, learning theory, delinquency and opportunity. Role of free choice: you are not exercising free choice; you are just a product of society argues wilson, unstated assumption in the discipline. 38: policy analysis, as opposed to causal analysis, begins with a very different perspective. Wilson says sociologists talk a lot, but do very little. Via(cid:271)le thi(cid:374)gs go(cid:448)"t (cid:272)a(cid:374) do to reduce crime. Key objectives: identify roles and expectations of police, identify the key studies on policing discussed by wilson, explain the main findings of these studies. Expectations of the police: the police are expected to, maintain order, prevent and control crime, provide community services.
