CC100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: False Advertising, Random Assignment, Victimology
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Most of the crime we know comes from media coverage. Criminal justice system: the stages through which the offender passes including police, courts, and corrections. Intimate violence: crime that occurs in the context of familiarity, such as spousal abuse, child abuse or elder abuse. People are very interested in learning about strange crimes. For example, why would paul bernardo and karla. Habitually aggressive behaviour is often learned in homes where children are victimized and parents serve as aggressive role models - the learned violence then persists in adulthood. Fear of crime creates a negative view of police and the attitude towards courts, and harsher punishments for criminals. 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. Criminology combines elements from many other fields to understand the connections among law, crime, and justice.
