Classical Studies 2301A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1, 4-5: Peter Sutcliffe, Harold Shipman, Victimology
20 Oct 2016
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Approaches: legal - idea that subject is law breaking behaviour - law is crucial for studying. Determining elements of crime (3): harm, social agreement/consensus, of cial societal response many ways to de ne matter of criminology. Chapter 1: what is criminology- explains cause of crime multidisciplinary. Crime is the behaviour that breaks the law. 19th & 20th century emergence of criminology as a discipline (3 characteristics) Differentiation: desire to measure differences b/t ppl & their behaviour. Pathology: process of assigning abnormality to those differences. Determinism: want to understand how factors beyond human control affect their behaviour. Positivism: theoretical approach which argues that social relations & events can be studied scienti cally using methods derived from the natural science. Biological positivism (lombroso) - knowledge is those things observable (natural world) Criminals share similar physical attributes; sloping forehead, receding chin, long arms. 4 criminal types: insane, the opportunist, the passionate, & the born criminal.
