SOC205H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Misdemeanor, Criminology, Sexual Offences Act 1967
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Specific genre of discourse and inquiry about crime - a genre that has developed in the modern period and that can be distinguished from other ways of talking and thinking about criminal conduct. Garland argues that modern criminology is the product of two initially separate streams of work: The government project: empirical studies of the administration of justice; the working of prisons, police and the measurement of crime. The lombrosian project: studies which sought to examine the characteristics of. "criminals" and "non- criminals" with a view to being able to distinguish the groups, thereby developing an understanding of the causes of crime. The term "criminology" was first used by paul topinard who studied body types of criminals. "criminologist does not exist who is an expert in all the disciplines which converge in the study of crime" Criminology includes work from psychologists, sociologists, political scientists, lawyers, historians, geographers, etc.
