CRM 101 Lecture Notes - Moral Panic, Jeremy Bentham, Thought Criminals
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What is criminology: scientific study of crime, the body of knowledge regarding crime as a social phenomenon. What is a norm: a hegemonic ideology, ideology that is accepted by the majority or those in power. What is deviance: those who do not follow the norm, results in formal or informal condemnation. What is the legal definition of crime: crime is an act that violates the criminal law and is punishable with jail terms, fines, and other sanctions. What is moral panic: a condition, episode, person or group of persons emerges to become defined as threat to the societal values and interests. Early forms of state-based dispute resolution: trial by ordeal, made to do a task that was potentially harmful e. g. walk across hot coal. Explain the witch hunt situation: they deviantized older women who were different from the norm who were either not married or had no children (like witches) and were executed for it.