Sociology 2266A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Actus Reus, Complex Number, Malum Prohibitum

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Criminology: the body of knowledge regarding crime as a social phenomenon. Less of a direct discipline and more of a field of study influenced by natural and social sciences. Interdisciplinary: also a sub discipline of sociology. Canada has less crime than usa, but we are just as interest in crime as them. Allows audiences to discover their own positions/moral questions. Interested because vicious/audacious crimes deal with limits of human sensitivity and competence. Crime reporting is often criticized for ignoring relationship between crime and broad social conditions. Media portrays crime to be committed by pathological individuals but ignores other explanations: e(cid:454). Textbook notes: efle(cid:272)t ho(cid:449) the(cid:455) pe(cid:396)(cid:272)ei(cid:448)e thei(cid:396) so(cid:272)iet(cid:455), (cid:449)o(cid:396)k the(cid:455)(cid:859)(cid:396)e e(cid:374)gaged i(cid:374), audie(cid:374)(cid:272)es the(cid:455) serve. News organizations rely heavily on crime news, thus developing relationships with those who they see as reliable and credible suppliers: police are main source, journalists adopt police perspectives on problem of crime.

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