CRM 2302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Anomie, May 1968 Events In France, Etiology

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 2302
• Professor: Patrick Savoie

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Introduction to societal reactions in criminology - monday january 8, 2018. A way of explaining something: help us make sense of our surroundings, provide means of understanding how and why things work/ work the way they do, cover everything that surrounds us. Lens how we look at the world, we can substitute theories: how we produce knowledge, ways that criminology produces reasons for crime. A series of concepts and principles that serve as the tools for social scientists: theories are(cid:374)"t ra(cid:374)do(cid:373), they are i(cid:374)ter(cid:374)ally cohere(cid:374)t, ideas that (cid:449)ork together. Theories are (cid:374)ot just ideas, theories should al(cid:449)ays ha(cid:448)e (cid:862)real (cid:449)orld applicatio(cid:374)s(cid:863: we are constantly theorizing, allow us to act and change things, vector for change. A way to organize theories (grouping) and how we make sense of them. Theories within a paradigm share: beliefs, techniques, understanding of what problems are and how to approach these problems, what they are looking at.