SOC 1500 Lecture : Crime and Criminal Justice review.doc

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Andrew Hathaway

Document Summary

Criminology-scientific study of the nature, extent, cause, and control of criminal behaviour. Criminologist-someone who brings objectivity and method to the study of crime and it"s consequences. Deviant behaviour-behaviour that is different from the social norm but isn"t always bad or needing the enforcement of the law. Hagen"s varieties of deviance-shows the link between crime and deviance which shows the more severe the deviations the more likely there is agreement of social action and the more harmful the reaction. Christian theory-idea that criminals are sinners and that they are going against god; banishment and other punishments are needed and people see it as their community duty to strike down the person in the name of god. Roman-made dramatic changes to law by writing things down. Enlightenment-look more to reason, rights of the individual and just punishments. Look to punishment more as a form of deterrence now (17th c) with the law being preventative instead of punishable.