SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Murder, Enrico Ferri, Carjacking
15 May 2016
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Theory- a way of explaining an understanding a particular phenomenon. Concepts: building blocks of theory, point to reality and allow us to symbolise it. Variables change or vary can be counted measured or observed. 2 types: dependent: outcome what your trying to explain independent: something that helps outcome (ex. age; determinant of crime younger are more likely to commit crime than older) On midterm what are 2 major way to define and explinct crime : objectivist (consensus) approach: there is consensus among people of being right or wrong, good or bad, shows criminals are different then non criminals. Individual- can look at individual attributes to explain why they commit crime ex. Where they grew up how they grew up, their childhood. Consensus; consensus is majority agree what is right and wrong. Causation- you know your looking at objectivist theory when it answers the why (ex.
