CRM 102 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Cesare Beccaria, Behaviour Therapy, Atavism
20 Mar 2017
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The scientific approach of crime; evidence and value theories. Social control: to maintain law and order in society, laws enforce the laws we need in society. Consensus model: laws reflect wide spread of social consensus (assumes the system components work together and equal justice) Conflict model: rules made by people with power which is imposed to everyone else (argues that laws are put in place based on personal interest) Deviance: behaviours that are not norms for society. Top down: laws made by higher up (power) and imposed on us. Bottom up: rules generated by a generally shared community (consensus model uses a bottom up approach to law making as one of its characteristics; conflict model uses a top down approach to law as one of its characteristics) Trends in occurrence, differences among cities, provinces; essentially different characteristics. Crime is an act that violates criminal law. Crime committed by middle and upper class people in legitimate business activities.
