MOD 1

Question 1

what is criminology

Answer 1

the scientific approach to the study of behaviour and knowledge regarding crime as a social phenomenon

Question 2

what is the objective of crime

Answer 2

the development of crime to define law within lawfully behavioural acts and the methods to control such behaviour

Question 3

what ways can we define crime

Answer 3

social reactions, the process of breaking and making laws and the development of principles when following or making such laws

Question 4

what can be considered society’s reaction to crime

Answer 4

punishment, update laws, imprison

Question 5

what methods do criminologists use (examples)

Answer 5

social science inquired about methods

hypothesized, researched, gather data, and evaluated by doing studies

Question 6

difference between criminologists and criminal justice

Answer 6

criminologists study the origin and nature of crime in society. they’re aware of how agencies operate

criminal justice describes the work of police courts and facilities and how to better design crime control. they find ways to understand of nature in crime by using rehabilitation for example

Question 7

what is crime

Answer 7

a violation that holds rules within power through others behaviours

Question 8

what are the conceptions of law

Answer 8

mala in se (evil in)
mala in prohibitum

Question 9

what is mala in se

Answer 9

violations are evil within itself big offences that are rooted within values such as sexual assault or murder

Question 10

what is mala in prohibitum

Answer 10

it is offences made based on the opinion of values that are not totally moral standards but its coded as wrong such as building a house without a license, hunting, trespassing,

Question 11

what are the three perspectives of law

Answer 11

consensus
conflict
interactionist

Question 12

what is the consensus pov

Answer 12

crimes are offensive to everyone, general agreement = laws should be forced

Question 13

what is the conflict pov

Answer 13

controlled by wealth, power and position which certain groups find wrong such as violation of human rights, pollution

Question 14

what is the interactionist pov

Answer 14

the law is a living document to which people act according to their own interpretations. criminals are criminals because society defines them that way, meaning these criminals are not evil, for example, seeing videos of people lashing out at others. crime has no meaning until a social reaction says so.

Question 15

what are the types of laws

Answer 15

criminal
civil

Question 16

what is a criminal law

Answer 16

It is a law that the state can protect others and promote punishment or imprisonment.

such as sexual assult

Question 16

what is the civil law

Answer 16

it’s a personal law issue such as property law municipal laws within damaging property for example, or having an expired license

Question 16

how can someone be held civilly and criminally liable for one action

Answer 16

if someone punches another person, they’re faced with an assault offence and may get sued from the other person

Question 17

what are the three criminal offences

Answer 17

indictable
conviction
hybrid

Question 18

what are indictable offences

Answer 18

they’re the serious laws committed ( such as murder) have up to life sentence through only a trial of judge or jury and can be pursued at anytime by poilce

Question 19

what are convictions

Answer 19

they’re the least serious offences that may be uncommon in provincial areas such as speeding tickets or race driving, they can be a 6 month of imprisonment or a charge of a maximum of 2k

Question 20

what is a hybrid offence