CC100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Robert Pickton, Critical Thinking, Longitudinal Study
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Robert pickton is one of canada"s biggest serial killers, killed approx. Was not convicted for all women, only 6. This approach implies that the definition of crime is a function of: the beliefs, morality, and direction of social authorities; and, is applied uniformly to everyone in society. Classical criminology is also based on the following: all behaviour is rationally determined, a violation of another person is a violation of the social contract, society must provide the greatest good for the greatest number (utilitarianism) Punishment is the only thing that can prevent this according to classical criminology. Deviant behaviours are behaviours that violate the social norms. Evaluation of social harm: very harmful, somewhat harmful, not very harmful. September 14, 2015: strong agreement, strong disagreement, confusion, or apathy. Severity of societal response: very severe, moderate, mild. Criminology is the scientific study of the: nature, extent, causes, and management or control of criminal behaviour.
