CRIM 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: The Immigrants, Social Forces, Electronic Tagging
11 Oct 2018
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Investigate : study of crime began during the 1950s, at ubc as department of social sciences. Definition of deviance can differ across societies. Example: abortion doctors in the 19th century were subject to criminal conviction and today they are no criminal penalties for having an abortion. Both age and sex are important correlates of crime- they are factors that do not cause crime, but are strongly linked to criminal behaviour. Criminology: a discipline, or a home for established disciplines: the field of criminology has typically been interdisciplinary. Some fields include sociology, psychology, biology, geography, and economics some other disciplines include: medicine, study of law, political science, and engineering. Each make different kinds of contributions to criminology therefore considered a multidisciplinary science. Psychological explanations have evolved over the years: sociological analyses focus on social order. Social forces work to define crime and create conditions in which crime might flourish or diminish.
