CRIM 101 Study Guide - Canadian Studies, Karyotype, Cesare Lombroso
25 Feb 2013
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Reality: most crimes are not detected or reported and go unsolved. Myth: elderly are more likely to be victimized. Reality: young, low social economic status (ses) males are more likely to be victimized. Conceptualizations of crime: crime as a legal construct, crime as a violation of social norms, debate the consensus vs conflict models. Sacco and kennedy say the dominant way of thinking about crime is in legal terms. Crime is conceptualized relative to the concepts of law -> crime is breaking the law. Because committing a criminal act amounts to breaking law it is subject to prosecution and punishment. Mala in se: something that is bad or evil in itself, laws that criminalize acts most societies and cultures agree are inherently wrong (eg. murder , incest) Mala prohibita: something that is deemed wrong or criminal only because its prohibited, acts where there might be considerable disagreement from society to society regarding their legality.
