CRM 1300 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Forensic Science, Frontal Lobe, Geographic Profiling
6 Feb 2016
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Criminology: the study of crime and criminal behaviour, which are defined by reference to criminal law. The study of crime did not really begin in any systematic way until the 19th century. In canada the study of crime in universities began during the 1950s, at the. The development of the new program was spurred by an emerging sense that correctional efforts the rehabilitation of offenders would be assisted by an accumulating body of knowledge. The proponents of the program argued that offenders that offenders could no longer be seen as born criminals . The program would focus on developing educational and vocational programs, maintaining families and community ties for offenders, and developing programs of probation and parole. Deviance: behaviour that differs from accepted social norms; may include acts that violate specific rules (crime), sexual behaviours, or non-criminal acts that challenge accepted values. The emergence of criminology in the postwar era: the social backdrop.
