SOC 1500 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Middle Ages, Anomie, Proletariat

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Amir Mostaghim

Document Summary

Much of what we know about crime is from the media. People in society rely on their likelihood to be victimized by crime from the media, not by their own experiences: this causes people to want more money into safety rather than social programs and reducing poverty. Criminology: the scientific approach to studying criminal behaviours. Sutherland and cressey"s definition of criminology involves the development of if criminal law and defining crime, cause of violations, and controlling methods. Criminologists use all scientific methods to do research and experiments. 1960s research projects we created to understand the way the criminal justice system worked (police, courts, correctional agencies) Behaviour that doesn"t belong as a norm in society is deviant behaviour not criminology: women going topless in public, nude beaches, ect . Criminologists want to understand how deviant behaviour becomes a crime, and when should acts considered crimes be legal: how marijuana changed from a deviant act to a crime in 1923.