CRM 1301 Study Guide - Winter 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Positivism, Human Rights, Torture
12 Oct 2018
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CRM 1301
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
Jan 13
Relations of Power
• Contexts
-Political, economic, religious
• Powers that define crime and set punishments or treatments:
Church
Monarchy
State
Science (Medical professionals)
Power to Punish and Prevent
• Nature of punishments and justifications
-Cruel, unusual, human rights violations
-What were the rationales?
• Consequences of the power to punish
• Consequences of the power to prevent – Prevention before was
more negative and discriminatory.
Reflection
• The more things change, The more they remain the same
• How (not) and Why (not) has criminology changed over time?
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Jan 15
What’s the point?
What is Theory?
Four Themes
1. Mistrust - Can’t trust all information. Sometimes Inaccurate if
based on emotions. Ex: media, gossip, science,
2. Relativity of Truth – Everyone has a different interpretation of
truth based on his or her experiences. Whose truth is real? Ex:
State, religion, parents
3. Criminology/Sociology/Psychology
-Interpersonal Relations
-Group Membership
-Social Structure
4. Criminological Problems
Elements of a Theory
Concepts – Specialized terms that convey meanings
Variables – Unchanging or changing phenomenon
Statement – An explanation of the relationships between variables.
Theory Construction
1. Social Situation/Phenomenon
2. Concepts
3. Hypotheses
4. Theory
5. Solution
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Document Summary
Political, economic, religious: powers that define (cid:494)crime(cid:495) and set punishments or treatments: Power to punish and prevent: nature of punishments and justifications. What were the rationales: consequences of the power to punish, consequences of the power to prevent prevention before was more negative and discriminatory. Four themes: mistrust - can"t trust all information. Sometimes inaccurate if: relativity of truth everyone has a different interpretation of truth based on his or her experiences. Statement an explanation of the relationships between variables. Theory construction: social situation/phenomenon, concepts, hypotheses, theory, solution. Who search for explanation criminology = answer. Were: personal context how and where did the theorist grow up, blinders that impact the theorist"s view are there things that theorists don"t take into consideration, assumptions about: It has an observable pattern, a particular view of the world: basic unit of consensus, fundamental image of subject matter.
