CC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Juvenile Delinquency, Thomas Kuhn, Social Disorganization Theory
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Cc 100 - oc2: lecture: week jan 3rd 2018: the story of crime. Lecture notes: chapter 1 - the story of crime. Articulate the impact of media on our understanding of the types and incident rates of crimes committed. Explain three major strands within criminology that deal with measurement of crime issues. Discuss different levels of analysis and the different political orientations that shape criminology. Work through questions through case in point" and theory in current research" boxes. Is an interdisciplinary study, includes sociology, psychology, law, philosophy and criminology. Defining crime is complicated and complex as what constitutes criminal behaviour is always in flux. Example of this in flux is the criminalization and decriminalization of marijuana. Crime is a social construct, which means that there are no inherently criminal acts and crime must be defined by law in order to exist.
