Classical Studies 2301A/B Chapter Notes -Rational Agent, Social Control Theory, Mental Disorder

• School: Western University
• Department: Classical Studies
• Course: Classical Studies 2301A/B
• Professor: Randall Pogorzelski

Document Summary

Criminology: the basics sandra walklate: chapters 1, 4 & 5. Evidently, defining what crime is quite complex multidisciplinary area of concern: walkate defines key features of criminology as a discipline that is, held together by one substantive concern: crime o. Its aim is to search for, explain and predict future patterns of social behavior. In criminology it straddles biological, psychological and sociological disciplines in an attempt to identify key causes of crime-whether genetic, psychological, social, or economic which are thought to lie largely outside of the individual"s control (muncie) The emergence of criminology as a discipline: the italian job. Lombroso borrowed darwin"s ideas and applied them to his observation in order to offer a general explanation of criminal behavior o. Law of bio-genetics states that very organism re-visits the development of its own species within its own developmental history. The development of criminology as a discipline: the american story.