ATS1281 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Adolphe Quetelet, Cultural Studies, Iceberg
8 Aug 2018
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A discipline which is fundamentally concerned with the topic of. Two ways of thinking providing the foundation of crime - positivist, Way we think has become more complex and sophisticated. Multi-disciplinary - draws on different frames and insights to interpret this phenomenon. Classical criminology (fundamentally concerned with act) focuses on the act, not the actor. Positivist criminology focuses on the actor, not the act (person committing the crime) Each theory has its own strengths and weaknesses. No single criminological theory is capable of explaining all forms of offending behaviours. People"s motives are diverse and can be unconscious. Criminological theories deal with different levels of analysis : Individual : circumstances in perpetrators or victims lives making them less likely to commit crime, vulnerable to victimisation. The risks/ factors increase the likelihood to be involved in an incident. Situational : immediate environment where crimes occurred whether or not the crime has taken place.
