Crim 101 chapter 1 Flashcards
Define criminology
The study of crime and criminal behavior, which are defined by reference to criminal law.
Define crime
An act punishable by law; an evil act; a shame, a senseless act
When did criminology begin?
In the 19th century
In Canada, when did the study of crime begin in universities?
During 1950s (specifically 1951) at UBC
In the beginning, which department was criminology under?
Department of social sciences
What was four things that the local Haney Correctional Institution do?
- Became a site of an emerging progressive correctional administration
- Concerned about developing educational and vocational programs
- Maintaining family and community ties for offenders
- Developing programs of probation and parole
In the beginning of the program for criminology, was the program short lived or long lived? And for how long?
The program for criminology was short lived as it closed in 1959
What did Denis Szabo do and what year? 1 thing
In 1963, Szabo declared a new discipline and new profession when the school of criminology was created at the Université de Montréal
What did J.L.J. Edwards do and what year? 1 thing
In 1963, Edwards established the Centre of Criminology at the University of Toronto as a research entity
What did Tadeusz Grygier do and what year? 1 thing
In 1967, Grygier established the Department of Criminology at the University of Ottawa as an applied interdisciplinary program with courses in both English and French.
What did Ezzat Fattah do and what year? 1 thing
In 1973, Fattah established the Simon Fraser University’s School of Criminology and offered interdisciplinary programs.
At what year to what time did criminology programs emerged within departments of sociology at many universities?
1960s to the present, criminology programs emerged within departments of sociology at many universities
What are four things criminology programs focused on?
- Understanding crime as a form of deviance
- Study the processes of defining criminal law
- Social precursors to involvement in crime
- The potential range of appropriate and/or effective responses to lawbreakers
Define deviance
Behavior that differs from accepted social norms; may include acts that violate specific rules (crime), sexual behaviors, or non-criminal acts that challenge accepted values.
When did the study of crime merged as a subject of scholarly inquiry?
1960s and 1970s
Previously, what was the study of crime limited to? 3 type of people
Philosophers, theologians and politicians
What were three countries that experience a rapid growth of criminology?
Canada
United Kingdom
United States
What were the two key features of social life in Canada, United Kingdom and United States during the late 19th and early 20th centuries?
Urbanization and industrialization
What did the crime related to the behaviors of the urban poor result in? 3 things
New proscriptions (bans) were enacted against vagrancy, drunkenness and prostitution.
What were two things happening in the late 19th and early 20th century?
- A lot of people were migrating to urban areas and more crimes arose which was related to the behaviors of urban poor. As a result, new proscriptions (ban) were enacted against vagrancy, drunkenness and prostitution.
- The beginning of globalization where immigrants were threatening the current economy because they work cheaper. They also brought in drugs and other illegal things to Canada (like opium and cocaine). As a result, alternatives to tobacco and alcohol were prohibited and laws were passed to aid deportation of foreign drug peddlers and restrict immigration.
What did immigrants of China bring to Canada? what about immigrants of India? Of South America?
China brought opium.
India brought hashish
South America brought coca and cocaine
Overall, culture was changing. It was becoming more urban and more global and changes _____ _______
Overall, culture was changing. It was becoming more urban and more global and changes created tensions.
What kind of tensions did changes to culture bring? 3 things
- Challenges to traditional institutions and ways of thinking
- Practice of capital punishment began to be criticized
- Reformers began to advocate for more humane treatment of lawbreakers and more economic support for urban poor
What kind of advantages did changes to culture and globalization bring? 2 things
Growth in literacy and greater access to information
Who was Timothy Leary?
A counter-cultural leader that advocated for mind-active drugs usage
In 1960s, at what period of time did crime rates began to escalate?
In the time of youth rebellion, crime rates began to escalate
Define demographics
Statistical data relating to characteristics of a population, such as relative size of age groups, gender balance, or any other measurable information
Why were the crime rates increasing for males in the mid-1960s?
Because the percentage of young males within the populations of Canada, United States and the United Kingdom increased dramatically which increased the crime rate for males.
Define correlation
The finding that two measurable phenomena occur together, suggesting a relationship, but not necessarily one of direct cause and effect
What are two things that seem to correlate with the rate of crime?
Age and gender
Fun fact: the difficult task for criminologists is
to try to understand the significance of the correlation between age and sex and crime rates in order to construct an effective criminal justice policy
What are five things that occurred from 1966 to 1975?
- Alcohol consumption increased dramatically by about 50% per capita
- Introduction to birth control pill changed male-female relationship as it enables women to experiment with sex without risk of pregnancy
- Divorce rate increased fourfold
- Number of women in the labour force increased from 2.2 million to 5.5 million
- The four things mentioned above contributed to the increased of crime rates
How is criminology an interdisciplinary program? 9 things
It draws from sociology, psychology, law, geography, history, political science and economics. With developments in the use of DNA and in forensic entomology, it also draws from chemistry and biology.
Define forensic entomology
The study of insects to assist in legal investigations; insects found on a corpse can help identify facts about the time and place of the victim’s death.
How is psychology used in criminology? 3 ways
- To identify the criminal
- To predict the risk of reoffending
- To evaluate the effectiveness of various forms of rehabilitation or treatment
How is sociological analyses of crime used in criminology?
- Social forces work to define crime and create conditions in which lower or increase crime rates
- Point out social and structural changes that might be made in order to effectively respond to the challenges that crime presents
- Used to create theories of crimes so that we can prevent it.
What is sociological analyses focused on?
Social order
What is psychology focused on?
The study of individual behavior
Define criminality
The state of being criminal; criminal acts or practices
What are 9 things sociological analyses give rise to?
- social control theory
- labeling theory
- differential association theory
- notions of anomie
- Moral panics
- Culture of control
- Marxian and neo-Marxian analysis
- Foucauldian perspectives
- postmodern conceptions of criminality
What is more likely to drive crime and criminal conduct? social conditions or individual aberrations
Social conditions
What are 3 things that are pre-eminent when it comes to criminology?
Law, deviance and social analyses of crime`
How does the study of law help criminology? 3 ways
- It defines the landscape of crime
- Sets out the specifics of prohibited behaviors
- Sets the specifics of the penalties that are attached to certain crimes
How does the history of law help criminology? 3 things
- Provides insight into the changing nature of crime especially the malleability of some forms of deviance and the evolving nature of what might be viewed as appropriate responses to crime.
- It indicates how and why new forms of criminality are created
- Reveals changing responses to long-established and universally condemned forms of conduct
Fun fact: study of amendments to criminal law over time and the debates surrounding these amendments reflect changes not only to the punishment of crime but also to the logic and utility of these changes
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What are 5 subjects central to criminology?
Law, psychology, sociology, biology, and chemistry
What are 4 subjects less central to criminology?
History, geography, political science and economics
How does the 4 less central subjects contribute to criminology? 2 ways
- Recurring patterns within the social and spatial geography of crime have been critical to the development of programs of crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) and the tracking of serial predatory offenders across time and space.
- Economics allow investigators to conduct expensive investigations and run crime reduction programs
How does biology and chemistry contribute to criminology? 2 ways
Biology allows to utilize DNA and to determine time of death. Chemistry allows to collect evidence
Define inculpatory
Evidence that establish guilt
Define exculpatory
Evidence that remove guilt
Define criminalization
To define an act as a crime and thereby subject that act to formal punishment
What do criminologists study?
Dependent in part on the field of their training and the lens or framework through which they understand the realities of crime