CRM 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Sexual Objectification, Peer Group, Gun Violence

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 102
• Professor: Anke Allspach

Document Summary

Sociological approaches: historical context: 19th and 20th century. Sociological positivism in contrast to biological and psychological positivism: crime is not inherent in individuals, crime is learned, not an individual problem. It is a result of the society we live in. Ex rent in toronto is huge but income doesn"t rise with it, creating homelessness. Sex work, theft, etc. could be examined by this theory. Early sociological approaches of crime: durkheim, merton, richard cloward, chicago school. Principles: crime is: effect of dysfunctional society, causes of crime: effects of alienation, experienced strain and social learning, determined by societal factors, responses: provide opportunities to reduce strain, punishment (prisons) as individual rehabilitation. All the above theories have these beliefs in common. Their response is to restructure society and provide opportunity (social service, economic opportunity, better/accessible education etc. ) Studied the church to understand the moral implications on crime. Many of our crimes harm no one but our criminalized by morality (such as prostitution).