[CRIM 101] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (138 pages long)

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 101
• Professor: Barry Cartwright

Document Summary

Study of crime didn"t start until the 19th century, a recent development. Criminology did not establish in canada until mid-20th century: first criminology program in canada appeared in 1951 at ubc in department of social. Criminology draws on sociology, psychology, biology, law, geography, and economics. Criminalization process- how certain behaviors become criminalized over time while others become decriminalized. Net-widening- how new laws and new methods of community supervision may increase the size of population under social control. Little relationship between the news and crime. Appears police solve more crimes and arrest more criminals than reality. Criminal appears as insane or as psychopaths. Canadian government made crime comics illegal in 1940s. Section 163 of criminal code is still in effect today. Back then, believed crime comics would increase psychopathology in young people. Average child spends +5hrs/day watching tv, movies, playing video games. By age 18, average child will have seen 200,000 violent acts and 16,000 murders.