CRM 100 Study Guide - General Social Survey, Errors And Residuals, Feudalism
12 Nov 2013
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Body of knowledge regarding crime as a social phenomenon. Making sense of observations about crime that are consistent with particular understandings of our social world. Scientific study of crime and social responses to crime. Social control: the organized ways in which society responds to behaviour and people it regards as deviant, problematic, worrying, threatening, troublesome or undesirable in some way or another. Criminal justice: criminal justice is the complex system, with many aims and agencies, which is used in the main by government to maintain social control, curtail crime, enforce laws and administer justice. Norms: established rules of behaviour or standards of conduct. Deviance: any behaviour or belief that is a violation of social norms that is likely to result in informal or formal condemnation. Crime (legal definition): crime is an act that violates the criminal law and is punishable with jail terms, fines, and other sanctions. Unfounding: police don"t believe there is enough evidence to support a crime.
