WDW101Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Cesare Lombroso, Boxing Day Shooting, Anthropological Criminology
15 Sep 2013
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Criminal justice system: the various sequential stages of criminal justice through which the offender passes: police, courts, corrections. Intimate violence: crime that occurs in a context of familiarity, such as wife abuse or child abuse. Criminology: the scientific study of the nature, extent, cause, and control of criminal behaviour. Criminologist: one who brings objectivity and method to the study of crime and its consequences. Deviant behaviour: behaviour that departs from social norms but isn"t always a crime. Decriminalization: reducing the penalty for a criminal act but not actually legalizing it. Utilitarianism: a view that punishment should be balanced and fair because criminal behaviour must be seen as purposeful and reasonable. Positivism: the branch of social science that uses the scientific method of the natural sciences and suggests that human behaviour is a product of social, biological, psychological, or economic forces.
