CRM 101 Midterm: CRM101 MIDTERM REVIEW

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Criminology: the scientific study of the nature, extent, cause, and control of criminal behaviour. Criminal behaviour: behaviour in violation of the criminal law: law: usually defined as a body of specific rules regarding human conduct. Individuals who violate these laws are subject to sanctions by state authority, social stigma, and loss of status. Deviant behaviour: behaviours that violate the social norms: not all deviations are/should be criminal (marijuana, etc. ) Deviance and social control: pyramid of severity of deviance based on three factors: agreement about the. Norm, evaluation of social harm, and severity of social response: top of pyramid murder, terrorism, etc. , bottom of pyramid jay walking. Aggregate data research: statistics, indicators, reports determine relationships and trends, limitations relies on crimes being reported. Experimental designs: manipulate effects under controlled conditions, requires: experimental and control group, randomly assigned subjects, an experimental condition, limitations difficult to control all variables (personal factors, etc) Interviews with/observations of participants: limitations people act differently when being watched.

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