CCJ-3011 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Larceny, Human Behavior, Donald Cressey
20 Dec 2016
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The scientific study of the nature and extent of criminal behavior. Edwin sutherland and donald cressey core interests of criminologists: the development of criminal law, the cause of law violations, methods used to control behavior. Any culpable action or inaction prohibited by law and punishable by the state as a misdemeanor or felony. Felony: serious offenses, such as murder, rape, and burglary. Felonies are punishable by death or imprisonment for more than one year in a state prison. Misdemeanor: minor or petty crimes, such as unarmed assault, petty larceny, and disturbing the peace. Misdemeanors typically are punishable by less than a year in a local county jail or house of corrections. Criminal law: violation against the state, punishment = death, incarceration, fines payable to the state. Civil law: (cid:498)proof beyond a reasonable doubt(cid:499) (cid:498)preponderance of the evidence(cid:499, violation against an individual, punishment = fines paid to the individual. Branding, flogging, mutilation, drowning, banishment, and beheading.
