CRM 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: System Analysis, Regional Policy Of The European Union, Social Contract
Document Summary
Criminology: the body of knowledge regarding crime as a social phenomenon. Its objective is the development of a body of general and verified principles and of other types of knowledge regarding this process of law, crime, and treatment. Six major areas: definition of crime and criminals, the origins and role of law, the social distribution of crime, the causation of crime, patterns of criminal behavior, and societal reactions to crime. Society cannot function without them if we are to live and to work with others, rules are necessary. Legal definition of crime: a crime is an act that violates the criminal law and is punishable with a jail term, a fine, and/or some other sanction. Hagan proposed that deviance and crime be considered on a continuum ranging from the least serious to most serious acts. The degree of consensus that an act is wrong. The severity of the society"s response to the act.
