[CRM 101] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (36 pages long)

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 101
• Professor: Daniel Alati

Document Summary

Criminal behaviour is behaviour in violation of the criminal law. It can"t be a crime if it isn"t prohibited by the law. Laws are usually defined as a body of rules and are enforced by the state. The study of criminal behaviour, crimes and a broader coverage of crime as a whole. Crimes only make up one spectrum of the overall criminology field. Crime is a violation of societal rules of behaviour as interpreted by a legal criminal code created by people of social and political power . Relatively harmless social deviance, mild societal response, resulting in confusion/apathy diversions about the norm (bottom of the table, parking tickets, jaywalking, curfew, trespassing) aka social deviances. Somewhat harmful social/conflict deviance, moderate societal response, resulting in crime/deviations and high disagreement about the norm (prostitution, marijuana, gambling) aka conflict crimes. Very harmful consensus, severe societal response, resulting in crimes and a high agreement about the dorm (murder, rape, arson, armed robbery) aka consensus.