CRIM1010 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Gothic Rock, Child Abuse, Western Law
27 Jul 2018
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Week 1: chapter 1: the study of crime. Defining crime: one"s definition of crime is dependent upon one"s [particular interests and particular worldview, many legal definitions of crime are built on highly contentious and unjust or unfair propositions. The sociology of law which examines why and how societies define crim a particular way and the implications this understanding has for the lives of people who live within those societies. Theories of crime causation, sometimes referred to as criminogenesis. The study of social responses to crime, which examines in more depth the formal institutions of criminal justice, such as police, courts and corrections. Social harm conception of crime says that crim involves both criminal offenses (such as assault) and civil offenses (such as negligence), in that each type of action or inaction brings with it some type of harm. Each should therefore attract some sort of penalty: cross-cultural universal norm states that crime, in essence, does not vary across different cultures.
