SOC225 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Assault Causing Bodily Harm, Canada Border Services Agency, Security Certificate

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC225
• Professor: Temitope Oriola

Document Summary

Body of knowledge regarding crime as a social phenomenon. Includes: making laws, breaking laws, and the reaction to the breaking of laws. The definition of crime and criminals: the causation of crime. 2)the origin and the role of law 3)the social distribution of: patterns of criminal behavior crime. Most people hear about crime through media. The media portrayal of crime is not accurate. The media can contribute to crime through modelling. Shows like csi distort the reality of crime. The idea that the discipline should study actions that are socially harmful, not just those that are against the law. Ex) animal rights movements, environmental problems (pollution & deforestation), Destruction of the environment, study environmental risks and their impact on the poor. Legal definition: a crime is an act that violates the criminal law and is punishable with jail, fines and sanctions.