CRM 102- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 15 pages long!)

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Edwin sutherland and donald cressey (1960): phenomenon. The objective of criminology is the development of a body of general and verified principles and of other types of knowledge regarding this. The two pillars of science: logic or rationality, observation. Social science: discovering what is about our social world using logic and observation. Nigeria rather than a single one instance; comprehensively explain one case: fully understand the causes of what happened in this particular, e. g. Infiltrate a given juvenile gang in order to understand the inner- Idiographic explanation when we attempt to explain a single situation in england found trucks broken down, sold as scrap in france and. Nomothetic explanation seeks to explain a class of situations or events workings of the gang, rivalries, criminal engagement, rituals: explains efficiently; settles for partial explanation, e. g. Seeking to explain factors which lead to juvenile delinquency in: e. g. Brown & clark (2004) studied theft of niissan trucks in on region general: e. g.