CRCJ 1000 Lecture 2: lecture 2
10 Feb 2017
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Pre-class reading: bo(cid:455)d, neil. (cid:894)(cid:1006)(cid:1004)(cid:1005)5(cid:895). (cid:862)chapter (cid:1005): what is cri(cid:373)i(cid:374)olog(cid:455)(cid:863). Criminology is the scientific study of crime and crime is an act punishable by law; an evil act, a shame, a senseless act. The emergence of criminology in the postwar era: the social backdrop. Urbanization and industrialization where what affected crime most significantly at this point of time. What is criminology? (chapter 1 in the textbook) Criminology is the body of knowledge regarding crime as a social phenomenon. It includes within its scope the process of making laws, and of reacting to the breaking of laws. The objective of criminology is the development of a body of general principles and of other types of knowledge regarding this process of law, crime and treatment. (sutherland & cressey 1960) It examines not only what has been committed, but what factors affect why. Criminologists look into the rehabilitation of criminals by examining the psychological aspects of criminals.
