CRJU110 Lecture 1: CRJU 1

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Criminal Justice
• Course: CRJU110
• Professor: mancikashley

Document Summary

Deviance: the study of behavior that departs from social norms. Behavior may or may not be criminal. Different ways to define deviance: norm violations (non-conforming behavior, statistical (average, reactionist, power/conflict (illegal vs legal drugs) Crime: an act of formal deviance which violates criminal law. Victimless crimes (harm is still done to society ex. Prostitution: legal perspective: anything that violates criminal law, social perspective: how society views the crime, behavioral perspective: deals with the harm of the crime (ex. Formal social control: official, often organizational. 3 mechanisms of social controls: norms: expectations of conduct in a given situation (patterns) *most effective form: sanctions: reactions or responses to behavior/actions. Positive sanctions reward for conforming behavior: laws. Civil laws: mechanisms can work together. Formal social control can apply positive sanctions. Criminology: the study of crime (its nature, extent and causes) Impact of society on law: serving on jury, eyewitnesses. Law: body of rule which define which behaviors are forbidden.