SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Electroconvulsive Therapy, National Dairy Development Board, Reality Principle
26 Feb 2016
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Theory (way to explain a particular phenomenon) Variables (concepts that vary measured or observed: independent, dependent. Hypotheses (variables that differ in relation to other variables) Defining and explaining crime: objectivist (consensus) approach. There is a consensus that people are either good or bad. Causation (why commit the crime, cause understand this then you can find a solution: subjectivist (conflict) approach. Label (behavior must be labeled a crime) Power - in the enforcement and creation of law (those in power define what"s right and wrong and those not in power are criminalized) Conflict (not consensus - those in power decide and those without power are subjected to the decision of those in power) Myths and legends (hearsay heard from a friend) Demonic perspective (if you acted in criminal ways then you were tempted or possessed and they must die or be go through exorcist) Witch craze/modern witch hunt: classical school.
