SOC205H5 Lecture Notes - Witch-Hunt, Medical Cannabis
Document Summary
Office hours are before and after class. Workshops for writing this is a writing intensive course. Crime is a complex phenomenon and is difficult to study systemically. Crime commentary often exaggerates and sensationalizes the problem. If theories could explain crime then we would have a lot less people in jail. Theories reflect the social, economic, political and historical context in which they emerge. Different alternatives to explaining crime, and their limitations. Explanations of crime arise from historical context. And are affected by the context in which they emerge. Moving on from individualistic approach to structural. As theories change so do criminal justice policies. Try to explain prevalent types of crime at that point. What"s a crime today may not be a crime tomorrow: same sex marriage. Behaviours use to be criminal are no longer criminal today: treating children same as adults, history: the thought that people were born criminals, modern: ^ away from this theory.
