CRIM 101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Social Control Theory, Crime School, Penology
10 Oct 2018
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Crime: act punishable by law, systematic study of crime dint begin until the 19th century(1800s, criminology is a relatively recent development. Criminology as an interdisciplinary social science tends to be interdisciplinary in nature: draws on sociology, psych, biology , law and economics. Includes study of law, history of law, criminalization process, crime prevention and control, policing, corrections and penology, and other studies related to the. Criminal justice system: sociological explanations - anomie-strain theory, social control theory, labelling theory - have dominated criminology, earlier 19th century explanations such as the positivist school and criminal man were biological or psychological. Understading crime in canada: an intro to criminology. Rock & roll: elvis presley, the beatles - openly speaking about drugs, kieth richard. Influence of the media: average child spends over 5hrs/day watching tv, movies, video games, 2/3 of what they watch involves violence, by age 18 the avg child will have seen 200,000 violent acts and 16,000 murders.
