CRM 1301 Lecture 18: FINAL EXAM

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 1301
• Professor: Christine Gervais

Document Summary

Q1 = evolution of theories (roman empire 20th century) (roman empire 20th century) There is no questioning the state of power. The definition of crime is not critiqued as much. Reactive approaches = reacts after a crime has taken place. Target = individual, and not other things like community . There is still crime and deviance, legal definitions and laws about deviance. Theoretically & practically crime and how they administer justice. The controlling powers (state/monarchy/church) of the definitions of power that they maintained, they were able to define crime and punish. The state condemns murder, but they do death penalty. Power to punish = reflection of power of the state holds to punish individuals. Power to prevent = recognition of the state have had power to prevent. Prevention usually has more positivity than punishments, but it is still corrupted (ex: sterilization). Sometimes, prevention serves as a rationale to punish. Today, we have seen many changes through questioning and such.