SOC 2070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Cesare Lombroso, Organized Crime, Actus Reus

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2070
• Professor: Parnaby

Document Summary

Wrongdoing ***** wil l b e o n f ir s t t e s t , t h e d if f e r e nt. S ociology of l aw: s ocial conditions determine forms of law and legal s ys tem. P enology: philos ophy and methods of punis hment. E lements of c rime: a ctus r eus - guilty act, mens r ea - guilty mind/motive/ pre meditated. Major p aradigms: c ons ens us, c onflict, interactionis t. R es earch: method, e thics. L egal s tatus of method of achieving purpos e: it"s not legal. It would not need to be considered organized crime if they were achieving their money and power in a legal way. H is tory: o rganiz ed crime has alwa ys exis ted, but in the 1920s it emerged as a concept that we recogniz e today.