CRM 1300 Study Guide - Testability, Dependent And Independent Variables, Formal System
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False: most people are victimized by strangers, older people are more likely to be victimized. False: poor people are much more likely to commit crime than middle aged people. False: violent crime is more prevalent than property crime. False: violent crime inflicts the most harm on people. Experts have specialized knowledge, we turn to them. Believers: knowledge of the people of involvement of crime based on supernatural effects. Social scientists, logical system on direct systematic. Do we use theory in everyday life: yes, because we try to make sense of that certain situation. Theory is (helps makes sense of our world to make it simpler, safer). i. An hypothesis- educated guess ii. iii. iv. v. vi. Concrete- : theory is not i. ii. Predict and ultimately control some class of events. Assumptions in criminological theory: level of study: Macro: theory that is general society and large social structure: basis of society: Consensus: we share values and interests, laws reflect normatices.
