SOC205H5 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Major Crimes, Spiritualism, Middle Ages
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The search for the criminal man : is important to remember that the explanations of crime, whether they are created by the public or by professional criminologists, are influenced by the social content from which they come. Although bennett identified six warps: ex. This refers to the fact that today"s traditional criminal is a poor, under educated, young male. By relying on demographic information and germanic news accounts of current crimes, bennett argued that traditional criminals will be displaced by older, more upscale offenders. In addition, she argued that teens will commit fewer crimes, and senior citizens will enter the crime scene as geriatric delinquents . Major crimes violent or not went down between 7% and 22% over the same period last year 2008 . Spiritualism stressed the conflict between absolute good in absolute. People who committed crimes are thought to be possessed by evil spirits, often referred to as sinful demons.
