CRIM 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Homicide, Actus Reus, Complex Number
15 Jun 2014
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The modern study of criminology: draws from psychology, geography, sociology, anthropology, chemistry, empirical evidence: information that is acquired by observation or experimentation, covert aggression: mostly common in women. > gossiping, hold grudges: hetergenaeic: all crimes are not pure, criminologists attempts to understand actors associated with crimes. How we should respond to crime (acts of violence) > homicide offenders: vast majority of homicide offenders only kill once, and males. Occur in the heat of the moment: strong association between homicide and physical/psychological abuse, external factors strongly associated with homicide. Many homicides are intoxicated at time of offence. Assault=escalation to homicide: chronic offenders: offenders that are known to the police. Allows audience to work out their own position on moral questions of a personal yet also personal nature: content of crime news. > most always assumed bad made decision to offend .
