SSCI 2810U Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Scientific Method
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Slide 2: basic goal of a theory is to explain! Slide 3: a theory sheds light on a topic. Slide 8: policy implications useful for policy creation. Slide 10: classification various ways: level of analysis. What are the concrete cause(s) of crime? (barlow et al. , 9). Social constructionist: focus on how crime is defined and conceptualized. Q: who defines crime and for what purpose? (barlow et al. , 9) Slide 13: general or restrictive general theories try to explain all/many types of crime. Restricted theories: one/few types of crime limited circumstances. Slide 19: these are the kinds of questions the best social analysts have asked. They are the intellectual pivots of classic studies of individuals in society - and they are the questions inevitably raised by any mind possessing the sociological imagination.
