CRM1300- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 22 pages long!)
30 Nov 2017
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Crime is created* (cid:862)cri(cid:373)i(cid:374)ology is the body of knowledge regarding crime as social phenomenon. It includes within its scope the process of making laws, of breaking law and of reacting toward the breaking of laws. The objective of criminology is the development of a body of general and certified principles and of other types of knowledge regarding this process of law, crime and treat(cid:373)e(cid:374)t. (cid:863) sutherland and cressey. Legal: act or omission that breaks the law. Social norms: undesirable effects of certain behaviour, moral boundaries, community standards (effect of the act) Social construct: law being used to disadvantage certain groups of people (women not allowed to drive in saudi) *our ideas about what crime is changes over time and in different places; crime is not universal marijuana, euthanasia, prostitution: all behaviours that are being de-criminalized. *canada has no legal guidelines or laws regarding abortions. If doctors aided patients end their lives, they faced 14 years in prison.
