[SOC 002] - Final Exam Guide - Ultimate 46 pages long Study Guide!

• School: UC Riverside
• Department: Science Fiction and Technoculture Studies
• Course: SOC 002
• Professor: Sharon Oselin

Document Summary

Theories of making/enforcing criminal law answers to questions of how/why certain behavior and people come defined or treated as a criminal. Attempts to explain the behavior of participants in the legal system and the operation of the system itself. Produce hypotheses that are tested about the factors that account for legal/criminal justice actions/decisions. Include philosophical and pragmatic debates over society"s control of crime. In other words, theories do not tell us what the correct, proper and desirable values are concerning criminal actions and efforts to control crime. Macro- a theory that addresses broader questions about differences across societies or major groups in society. Micro- one that focuses specifically on small groups or individual differences. Macro vs. micro; bigger picture vs. the individual. Theories that emphasize social structure propose that portion of crimes among group/class/ committees differ because of variations in their cultural makeup. Processual theories assert than an individual commits criminal acts because: She/he has experienced a particular life history.