SOC 204 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Anomie, Conflict Theories, Cesare Beccaria
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09/21/2015 (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) One who studies crime, criminals & behavior. Most hold phds; most involved in research: work for government agencies, universities, or other research institutions. Crime is a subcategory of harmful acts- social harmful acts- Paul tappan (1947) he created the term crime (cid:1) (cid:1) Defined into existence, rather than created: remember- laws don"t just exist. Social construction: humans perceived a phenom, gave it a name and categorized it accordingly (cid:1) Think of behavior as a continuum, somewhere between forbidden & encouraged behavior is where societal norms fall (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Evil because it is prohibited, not necessarily morally wrong. Wrong because there is a law against it. Bound by time & culture: examples: Speeding (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) (cid:1) Criminality- trait that lies on a continuum isn"t something one has or does not have. Property of a person that signals the willingness to commit crimes/harm clinical/scientific term.
