SOCI 2450 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Victimless Crime, Thomas Robert Malthus, Adolphe Quetelet

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 2450
• Professor: Darryl Davies

Document Summary

Inferences based on statistical demographic, though, is a relatively recent trend which developed over the last 200 years; english economist thomas robert malthus with his essay on the. Principle of population as it affects the future improvement of society (claimed ever-increasing human population would soon result in warfare, crime and starvation) provides the earliest example. As a result of malthusian thought, investigators began to gather statistics to measure the degree to which crime existed in societies of the time and gauge the moral health of nations . Thermic law - that morality undergoes seasonal variation and still accepted today) Crime statistics paint a picture of reality in regards to crime in this country (describe the nature and extent of crime and can act as a gauge of society"s well-being) Canada and then to organize and make that data available to the public.