CRM 1301 Study Guide - Procedural Law, Benchmade, Social Control
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Assumptions in criminological theory level of study: micro details, smaller picture (i. e. smaller groups of individuals, gangs, more concrete, macro big picture (i. e. social structures, abstract) basis of society, consensus theorist equality, share same morals, values, interests, working towards a common goal (most members of society will agree on something, conflict theorist unjust, marx, social things are based on a balance of power. Deductive method i. e. creating a theory: explanation(theory) > test > verify/refute i. e. testing a theory. Criterion for evaluating theory: testability, reliability ability to replicate a theory, logical soundness, validity measures precisely what we intend to measure, tautological reasoning circular reasoning (i. e. depressed = fat = depressed, time order problem event that occurs after another even is assumed to have caused the first, making sense out of 2 or more logical facts, sensitizing ability, focus attention on new direction of inquiry, scope, broad and simplistic.
