CRM1301- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 40 pages long!)

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Evil because it is against the law. Ex: smoking a joint, stealing (kind of) Not everything criminal is deviant and vice versa. Not against the law but atypical or considered to be immoral. Journalists collect evidence and tell the truth, inform public. Our job is to stand on the shoulder of giants". Economists, philosophers, anthropologists, physicians, geographers, writers, social reformers. Criminology: sociology (deviance), psychology (aggression), biology, law, economics (social psychology, sociobiology, neurology, etc. ) Sociology is very much related to criminology. Ex: smoking is bad bc it"s bad, something is bad bc it"s against religion. A set of concepts linked together by a series of statements to explain why an event or phenomenon occurs. Went out that day, very next day you sent a text, no response. (x) must create a link to (y) Criminological theory is not one car, it is more about every other car and building your own car.