CRIM 2650 Final: 2650 FALL EXAM PREPARATION BUNDLE! - 65 PAGES!!!
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A guess based on limited amount of knowledge. Set of principles used to explain a group of facts or phenomena. No singular approach to crime, criminology is an interdisciplinary study. 3 approaches to theory: scientific theory (descriptive & predictive) Criminology as social science, modelled on physical sciences. Reduce phenomenon to variables, and measure correlation between variables. Formal definition of crime mala prohibita. Why does x work that way: normative theory (prespective) Criminology as an ethical and legal enterprise how things ought to work. Values & ethics part of policy making. Can creep into scientific theory and critical theory: critical theory. The implications and conditions of doing criminology. Interested in studying criminology, critique & inquire knowledge. Interested in the present (how did we get here?) Terrie moffitt: adolescence-limited and life-course persistent offenders (example) Normative theory: policy implications for life-course persistent offenders. Law and order ideology tough on crime. Theory changes with changes in social context.
