CRIM 103 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: White-Collar Crime, Longitudinal Study, Social Control
11 Jan 2017
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Crime can frighten, one victim might happen to us or those we love. Crime is legally defined as conduct or failure to act in violation of the law forbidding it, for which a range of possible penalties exist upon conviction. Criminal behaviour is behaviour in violation of the criminal code. Strict liability offences- offences that don"t require criminal intent. Theory- may refer to personal experiences, observations, traditional beliefs, a set of opinions or a collection of abstract thoughts. Just-worlders - believe things don"t happen to people without a reason that is closely related to their own actions. The terms in any scientific theory must be as precise as possible, their meaning and usage clear and unambiguous, so that it can be meaningfully tested by observation and analysis. Theories of crime= identify causes of criminal behaviour. Theories of criminal behaviour are summary statements of a collection of research findings. Developed a theory that people weighed the amount of pleasure and pain.
