Sociology 2266A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Operant Conditioning, Alphonse Bertillon, Trait Theory
3 Nov 2016
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Chapter 1 criminology: its nature and structure. All legal definitions share one characteristic: a crime is a violation of a criminal law. Originally was a private matter but then it became a social phenomenon. Durkheim argued that crime serves an essential function/purpose in our society. Crime acts that have been defined socially/culturally/legally wrong or anti-social: indictable offence serious offence (murder/robbery, summary offence less serious offence, offence against property (robbery less than. Conventional crime illegal activity committed by individuals/small groups involving a. Nonconventional crime illegal activity that may not be associated with crime and not be. Deviance behaviour that violates a social norm, but isn"t prohibited by law (cid:523)ex: swearing(cid:524) pursued by the legal system (cyber crime/political crime) degree of indirect/direct conflict (ex: vehicle theft/robbery) Deviance that breaks the law is crime. Made by john hagan to show diff between the two harmful and deserving of sanction (murder/assault) universally seen as crimes (smoking weed) Conflict crime legally defined crimes that aren"t.
