[CRIM 2200] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (93 pages long)
29 Nov 2016
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The study of crime & why it happens. The study of the making of laws, the breaking of laws, and the reacting to the breaking of laws . Adaptation in the future to have less people break laws. Prevention & downgrading of our current criminal justice system. Because crime is breaking rules, and rules are a social product. What about biology & psychology: still valid but not the primary focus; not pure predictors. You can"t understand society without understanding crime and vice versa: without society the behavior isn"t criminal. Us has highest incarceration rate in the history of the world: 1% of our population is detained. Current trend of social awareness and tension. The two most universal settings for making laws falls into the categories of not harming someone and not taking/harming someone"s stuff: exceptions to the rule do not harm . Laws about harming oneself vs harming others.
