The Big Dawgs Flashcards
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Who are the three main big dawgs?
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C. Wright Mills, Adolphe Quetelet and Emile Durkheim.
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What was C. Wright Mills’ contribution to criminology?
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He proposed we approach criminology with a “sociological imagination,” where individual issues are tied to social structure.
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What did Adolphe Quetelet do in the field of criminology?
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He introduced mathematical techniques in investigating the influence of social factors like age, sex and climate on crime. He was like Dora: he liked maps.
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What was Emile Durkheim’s theory?
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He believed that crime was normal: it was innately human to demarcate criminal boundaries for social cohesion, and deviance was necessary for innovation and change.
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