ADJUS-120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Technological Change, Social Change, Influence Of Mass Media

• School: Diablo Valley College
• Department: Administration Of Justice
• Course: ADJUS-120
• Professor: sinsel

Document Summary

Tells us nothing about why the law criminalises some behaviours and not others. Focuses narrowly on street crimes rather than white collar and corporate crimes. Definitions of human rights and what is harmful change over time and place. But some behaviours that cause harm, or infringe human rights are an offence, while others are not. Regards a much broader range of behaviours as criminal conduct. Regards violations of human rights as crimes: work place injuries, street-level violence and pollution. Conceptions of human rights vary across place and time. Importance of various rights is relative: finding the right balance is difficult. Doesn"t help us to understand the criminalisation process. Less agreement or relative crime (e. g changing perceptions) Changing perceptions of relative crimes lead to changes over time as to what behaviours are criminalised: Evolving change e. g homosexuality and its views today. Updates and reforms to criminal law e. g social stability to society.