CJ 3400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Systems Theory
9 Feb 2017
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Which should you believe: 1) empirical evidence. How much evidence that theory is true. More studies: 2) scope/ generalizability of theory. What is a perspective: way of looking at the world, how you see things, the way you study crime, how you see it and its causes. Where does it come from: upbringing, family, friends, experiences, education, major in college. What does your perspective determine/ effect: how you define the problem of crime, the methods you use to study crime, the results of your studies, how you interpret evidence, your conclusion- leads to policy implications. Effects of perspective: your perspective will determine what you see, and, you may not see the truth if your perspective is too limited. Classical school (1700s: free will/ choice is a determinate of crimes. Positive school (1800s) - determinism: biological, psychological, and environmental causes. Probabilistic/ systems thinking (1900s: biological, psychological, and environmental risk factors and protective factors.
