CRIM 1650 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Homicide, Group Conflict, Class Conflict

• School: York University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 1650
• Professor: Dr. James W. Williams

Document Summary

Criminology: the body of knowledge regarding crime as a social phenomenon. It includes the processes of making laws, breaking laws, and reacting to the breaking of laws. Its objective is the development of a body of general and verified principles and of other types of knowledge regarding this process of law, crime, and treatment: criminologists take a scientific approach to the study of crime. How can particular types of crime be prevented: societal reactions to crime, in canada, we process law violators through a criminal justice system that includes the police, the courts, and the corrections system. Norms: established rules of behaviour or standards of conduct the law exists when order can no longer be maintained through informal rules: also deals with behavior that is too serious to be left to informal mechanisms. Legal definition of crime: an act that violates the criminal law and is punishable with jail term, a fine, and/or some other sanction.