Classical Studies 2301A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Social Control, Oresteia, Clytemnestra

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Laws vary form place to place and over time so the legal approach to. Legal approach to criminology defines crime as law breaking behavior. This is a necessary approach because the law is a necessary concept in criminology, but it is not all there is. criminology is very culturally and historically specific. Moral approach to criminology defines crime as what is morally wrong and that may or may not be against specific laws. (ex. Crossing the street when the red hand is on, this is law-breaking behavior but we do not think of it as immoral or as criminal. Also is some acts they we think of as criminal, can be legally innocent) we think of criminals as immoral people. The social approach to criminology is much like moral but emphasizes the socially specific nature of the category of crime. In ancient greek, the word for law is nomos, which also means custom, and this means that linguistically the ancient.

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