CRM 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Social Defence, Crime Prevention, Social Control

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 1300
• Professor: Steven Bittle

Document Summary

Crime committed at different times of year. Ge(cid:374)erall(cid:455) speaki(cid:374)g, tr(cid:455) to (cid:373)ake se(cid:374)se of cri(cid:373)es. We"re defi(cid:374)ed as differe(cid:374)t (cid:449)a(cid:455)s to do so. Sutherland defines crime as a social phenomenon. Scientific approach to studying crime (making, breaking and enforcing law) General shared beliefs over processes of law, application. Crime is not as much a problem as we think it is. Academic criminology in canada: as a discipline in canada = relatively new, csi effect taking root, crime shows on tv. Theories of crime causation: criminogenesis (the origin of crime, 6 levels of explanation, genetics (heredity, race, physiological (hormones, body type, psychological (learning, moral development, freud, sociological (subculture, interaction, structure, economic (poverty, unemployment, political (government, ideology, the state) Many of those who commit crime are victims of crime themselves. Revolves around a particular type of justice. Federal government has the authority to make laws. Deterrence: for it to work there needs to be certainty you will get caught.