Classical Studies 2301A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Symbolic Interactionism, Relative Deprivation, Iliad

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2301A/B
• Professor: Debra Nousek

Document Summary

Legal: defi(cid:374)es (cid:272)ri(cid:373)e as (cid:862)la(cid:449) (cid:271)reaki(cid:374)g (cid:271)eha(cid:448)ior(cid:863, law is a necessary concept for criminology, very culturally/historically specific. Moral: what is morally wrong and may not be against a specific law, criminals are immoral people. Social: emphasizes socially specific nature of the category of crime, defines crime as behavior that defies the social norms whether than goes against the law. Humanistic: basic human rights that transcend the specifics of culture. Violations of those are criminal whether or not they violate laws: broad brush = limiting. Social constructionist: nothing natural, universal, essential about the idea of crime, part of the social fabric of communities. Embedded in organization aspects of society: ex. Homosexuality not about gender, but the act: criminality is part of an identity, no(cid:449) (cid:449)e fo(cid:272)us o(cid:374) reha(cid:271)ilitatio(cid:374), (cid:271)a(cid:272)k the(cid:374) they did(cid:374)"t (cid:272)are (cid:373)u(cid:272)h about the criminal. Chapter 2: what is criminology: 19th and 20th century criminology.