CRM 102 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Criminal Justice, Ford Focus, Criminology
20 Nov 2018
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An applied orientation that seeks to study and research alternate theories to reform the system (focusing on what can be done now) Delves into larger philosophical issues of the day (focusing on overarching structural variables) Three areas: the sociology of law. Examination of social aspects/institutions of law, including the legislation of morality: theories of crime causation. Such as criminogenesis: the study of social responses to crime. Public perceptions of law, crime, and offenders. Formal institutions of criminal justice--police, courts, corrections. Criminality is not inherent in an activity, it is defined under particular circumstances and in relation to specific social processes. There are many diverse conceptions of crime. Definitions of crime are not static (they change over time) Legal definition: that which is defined by criminal law. Social harm: criminal (such as assault) and civil (such as negligence) offences in which action/inaction brings with it some type of harm.
