CRCJ 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Edwin Sutherland, Universal Declaration Of Human Rights, Quran

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CRCJ 1000
• Professor: Lara Karaian

Document Summary

Applied most commonly to academics who study crime & the cjs. Believed to be intrinsically worthwhile to learn more about all aspects of our social lives, including criminal behaviour & society"s response to this behaviour. Needed to understand crime before reducing it. It directly or indirectly affects all of us: six major areas: Specification needed as to which acts are defined as crimes. Necessary to understand the social origins of our laws as well as the role that law plays in society. Help criminologists understand the causes of crime. Ex. the characteristics of people who commit crimes; trends in the occurrence of crime overtime; differences among cities, provinces, and countries in the rates and types of crimes. Wide variety of explanations of criminal behaviour. Extensive research conducted analyzing the patterns of criminal acts (i. e. homicide, theft, sexual assault) Historically, societies have responded to crime in many different ways.