CRM-101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Peer Pressure, Homicide, Motor Vehicle Theft
27 Sep 2016
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Basic schools of criminological thought: classical (free will, positivist (causes, vengeance, peer pressure. General theory (85%)- trues to explain all/ most forms of crime through a single overarching approach. Ex) poverty: majority, lack of money influences criminal behavior: other 15% outliers, alterative motives. Integrated theory- tries to explain crime by merging concepts from different sources. J-q wilson explains that nature& nurture is an environmental pressure on a person: levels of self-control are innate. When people are tempted by opportunity and impulse. Ex) homicide- 80s 2500 per year, now 1400 per year. Majority believe crime is going up: terrorism/ national security. Highlight the processes involved in the criminal event as it unfolds. Common law (uk-us) felonies (365+days) vs. misdemeanors (<365) Precedent stare decisis consistency with previous case decisions: mala meaning wrong, and is prohibited by law, mala in se meaning simply wrong behavior ex) murder. Don"t take the law into your own hands, discourage revenge.
