SOC 1500 Chapter 1: SOC 1500 Lecture Notes.docx
3 Dec 2014
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Often referred to as a value consensus or normative position. Objectivist-legalistic criminology standpoint understands the definition of crime to be factual and precise; it defines crime as something that is against the law. Such a conceptualization views crime as a violation of legal structures; where criminality is limited to its legal construction. This viewpoint would hold that the study of crime should be restricted to what is contained in the criminal code of canada. The criminal code of canada is an act that codifies criminal offences and procedures in canada, which forms a section of the constitution act of 1867. Question that stems from the objectivist-legalistic viewpoint is what are the causes of criminal behaviour? . The goal of criminology is to understand why people break the law. The criminal law are rules made by a society that define what behaviours are.
