CC100 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Jeremy Bentham, Thomas Kuhn, Sexual Assault
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The amount of crime that is unreported or unknown. An abstract model of a pure form of a social phenomenon. Suggests panic/overreaction to forms of deviance/ wrongdoings perceived to threaten moral order. Deviance/panics usually created/fanned by media + led by community groups/leaders whose goals are to change laws/practices. Plans for prison design established by jeremy bentham. Provided a circular structure that allowed guards to see prisoners at all time. Prisoners could not see the guards allowed fo(cid:396) the (cid:858)(cid:448)ie(cid:449)i(cid:374)g of (cid:373)a(cid:374)y by a fe(cid:449)" a framework used in thinking about and organizing an understanding of natural/social phenomenon. Thomas kuhn argued that a paradigm = set of assu(cid:373)ptio(cid:374)s a(cid:271)out the ki(cid:374)ds of (cid:395)(cid:859)s to ask i(cid:374) s(cid:272)ie(cid:374)(cid:272)e a(cid:374)d how to go about looking for answers a (cid:271)(cid:396)oade(cid:396) (cid:272)lassifi(cid:272)atio(cid:374) of sexual offe(cid:374)(cid:272)e tha(cid:374) (cid:858)(cid:396)ape(cid:859). An assault that violates the sexual integrity of the victim. 3 levels of sexual assault replaces earlier offences of rape + indecent assaults.
