CRJ 2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Stigma, Burglary, Status Offense
20 Dec 2017
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Consensus view: according to the consensus view, crimes are behaviors believed to be repugnant to all elements of society, dealing with stats. Conflict view: the conflict view depicts society as a collection of diverse groups who are in constant and continuing conflicts, more dealing with laws. Interactionist view: the interactionist view holds that people, institutions and events are viewed subjectively and labeled either good or evil according to the interpretation of the evaluator, more moral based. Common law: early english law around the 1100s, judge-made law that emerged after the norman conquest of. England in 1066 that was based on precedents commonly applied in all similar cases: mala in se, inherently evil and depraved. Murder, robbery, rape: mala prohibitum, defined by parliament. Shaping the criminal law: today criminal behavior is defined primarily by statute, the content of the law is also shaped by judicial discretion, all laws must conform to the rules and dictates of the u. s.
