SOC227 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-5: Legal Drinking Age, Speciesism, On Killing
24 Dec 2015
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A violent crime: the sand brothers: robert and danny sand was in a life of crime, killed constable strongquill. A white-collar crime: the downfall of conrad black: newspaper companies o. Criminology: the body of knowledge regarding crime as a social phenomenon. It includes the processes of making laws, breaking laws, and reacting to the breaking of laws. Its objective is the development of a body of general and verified principles and of other types of knowledge regarding this process of law, crime and treatment. Why study crime? and society"s response to this behavior: worthwhile to learn more about all aspects of our social lives; including criminal behavior, understand crime to reduce crime, crime indirectly or directly affects all of us. Crime and the media: csi effect affected people"s perceptions of the justice system, news only highlights crimes that are interesting to its audience; violence, consequences of misrepresented crime:
