SOC205H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Crime Prevention
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The law defines criminal behaviour and deviance is what society defines as criminal behaviour. Criminology is the body of knowledge regarding crime as a social phenomenon. It includes making laws, of breaking laws, and of the reaction toward the breaking of the laws. Early theories of crime tended to locate cause of crime within individuals- in their souls, their wills or their body constitutions. Heavy focus in western societies on judeo christian norms of biblical values and mores. Trial or ordeal is the idea that so. Setting up the framework for our criminal code. Classical theory is one of the most influential theories in our society today. They can be traced back to the 1750s but it starts to take hold during the 1700s and the. It came out of the enlightenment late 1700. This is a period where punishment was cruel and a lot of places did not have a code of their law.
