CRIM 1650 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Social Darwinism, Crime Prevention, Anomie

• School: York University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 1650
• Professor: Claudio Colaguori

Document Summary

Criminology and interdisciplinary: study of crime and criminal behaviour, umbrellas under sociology, psychology, law, biology, etc, ties in together. Urbanization ad industrialization: different types of crimes arise, divisions between social are created (rich, poor, beginning of survival of the fittest. Post 9/11 era: identity theft, data base importance, intrest in security monitor everything, invasive suvaillence. Enlightenment, classical and neo classical theory: freewill, enlightenment looks at the greek as golden age, talks about utilitarianism and hedonism, look over again! Biological theories are based on genetic defects, psychological theories are based on the thought process and personality of a person whereas sociological theories are determined on external factors. Sociological theories are created by the people of the society themselves. Differential association theory: criminal behaviour is learned, criminal behaviour is learned in interactions with others (through, interaction and learning involves the motivation, rationalization and communication) techniques of a criminal.