CRM 1300 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - W. M. Keck Observatory, Witch-Hunt, William Shakespeare

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 1300
• Professor: Stephanie Piamonte

Document Summary

Criminology is the body of knowledge regarding crime as a social phenomenon. It includes within its scope the process of making laws, of breaking laws, and of reacting toward the breaking of laws. The objective of criminology is the development of a body of general and verified principles and other types of knowledge regarding this process of law, crime, and treatment. - sutherland and cressey. Sutherland believed the main reason for crime was differential association. Criminality is a learned behaviour (role models, peers) Legal: crime is that behaviour prohibited by the criminal code. Social norms: crime is that behaviour that violates social norms. (focus on undesirable effects of dictating behaviour. Ex. anti-social behaviours (causing physical or emotional damage such as bullies, graffiti, sexual violence). Social constructionist: crime is that behaviour so defined by the agents and activities of the. The law being used to disadvantage certain groups.