[LS 227] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam (61 pages long!)

• School: University of Waterloo
• Department: Legal Studies
• Course: LS227
• Professor: Vanessa Iafolla

Document Summary

Criminology - the body of knowledge that examines crime as a social phenomenon. It includes such aspects of the making of laws, breaking of laws and societies reaction to the breaking of laws. Social aspects (who, what, when, why, where) Demographics (who is most likely to commit a crime) The social side of criminology is driving the eld today. Power is very important in determining who is criminal and what a crime is. Child abduction is most commonly done by a parent or another family member. Children nowadays are scheduled and protected from the dangers of strangers even though this practice doesn"t re ect the reality. To better understand crime, criminal behaviour and societies response to it. To understand why some people are over represented in the justice system ( rst nations and black people) To reduce crime, we must understand it. Crime affects us all, directly or indirectly. Insurance company who has to reimburse them is secondary victim.