CRCJ 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Solidarity, Scientific Method, Social Inequality

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Criminology and Criminal Justice
• Course: CRCJ 1000
• Professor: Mon

Document Summary

Deviance: behaviour that differs from accepted social norms; the violation of accepted norms (pg. 8) Quantitative: relating to the measurement of something rather than its qualities (pg. 19) Geographic profiling: a tool that permits police officers to focus on the likely residence of offenders in cases of serial crimes (pg. 18) Criminalization: to define that act as a crime, and thereby subject that act to formal punishment (pg. 14) Decriminalization: behaviours are disengaged from formal processes of the criminal justice system. Criminality: the state of being a criminal; criminal acts or practices (pg. 11) Criminology: the study of crime and criminal behaviour; defined by reference to criminal law (pg. 7) Exculpatory: evidence that points towards an individual"s innocence. Criminal justice system: the various institutions and processes through which an offender passes; courts, police, correctional facilities and programs (pg. 14) Cpted: seeks to manage crime by decreasing the opportunity and an individuals motivation to commit a crime.