CC210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Cohort Study
Document Summary
Legal definition: an international act or omission that is legally defined as a crime. But : we are studying the attitudes, behaviours, personality traits etc , that underlie criminal behaviour. Social construction of crime: the process of defining crime as social and political in nature, which makes the definitions of crime necessarily embody human values and moral beliefs about right and wrong, example- criminal harassment, a legal construct. Consensus theory of crime - crime is defined in a manner broadly agreed upon by society. Conflict theory of crime - crime is determined by socially powerful groups. Definition of crime promote and maintain social dominance. Antisocial behaviour: maladaptive, (habitual) serious behaviour that is harmful to victims, the perpetrator and society, violated personal rights, social standards, may not violate criminal law (e. g. bullying, gossip, deviant. Violence: an international act of threatened, attempted or actual physical harm directed against a non- consenting person.
