CRM2301- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 18 pages long!)

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 2301
• Professor: Christine Gervais

Document Summary

There are a lot of assumptions that are not true and no facts to support them. Can"t take one perspective as the truth. Can"t take common sense for granted: relativity of truth. We may all be looking at the same things but we interpret them in different ways, bc we are conditioned differently. Look at the different dimensions and levels. Some formal and less formal levels: criminology / sociology. Interpersonal relations: more of an individual level, more interpersonal. Group membership: where someone"s lives, their resources. Social structure: an economic perspective, criminological problems. There are certain behaviours and problems that have come under the umbrella of criminology and sociology. Behaviours have been impacted by crime and. There are various angles in which we can explore. Situation that is being analyzed: concepts. Projections, we assume, we predict: theory. What explanation of crime is being used. The explanation its self, what is taking place. Beyond the expectation, to develop a solution.