SOC 2700 Lecture Notes - Jeremy Bentham, Crime Prevention, Serial Killer
26 Feb 2013
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Way of understanding how and why crime occurs. Can we actually predict behaviour based on genetics. Can you prevent criminal behaviour by looking at a variety of factors. Theories of crime either explain crime or attempt to predict crime. Explain a set of observations that we witness. Motivate a lot of policies and laws based upon these theories. Crime prevention may also be a result. Example: conflict theory (various ways that we can look at crime protection/various groups that will partake in criminal behaviour) Bad things happen to people because of some spiritual being. Observable data made sense of (connected to theory) Lecture two: history of crime part one. Criminal behaviour is not due to the individual. Various ways we define and react to social behaviour. Certain types of deviance change over time: abortion, adultery. Tied to the enlightenment period separation of church and state. Importance of free will (serial murder) people choose to commit crime.
