Transcript Crime and Criminology

Crime and Criminology
When does a deviant act turn into
a crime?
Outcome
5.3 investigate the issue of crime as an example
of deviant behaviour
• Distinguish between legal and sociological
approaches to the study of crime.
• Outline the sociological framework for the
classification of crime.
• Describe the social factors that contribute to the
occurrence of crime.
• Apply the sociological analysis of crime to current
examples of criminal behaviour in Canadian
society.
Who studies crime & why?
Legal Scholars
- How an action breaks the law, legal precedent, when is an act
illegal, what is the intent of the law
Sociologists
- How does society react to the deviance of crime? What is
happening to cause the deviance? What are effective methods to
stop the deviant act? Nature or nurture? The perspectives?
Psychologists
- Why is the individual committing crime? What makes the
individual make this decision? What other factors are coming into
play?
Corrections
- Why do people commit crimes? What is the influence of the
agents of socialization? How do we decrease recidivism? When do
we punish and when do we rehabilitate?
Social Workers
- How can society create conditions where crime is not needed to
care for the needs of marginalized people? How do we help victims
of crime? How can we help people who have committed crimes
become more self-reliant?
A sociological analysis
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http://www.i-tutor.org/the-gallery.html
Sociology Short Cuts - Crime and Deviance
(excerpt) - YouTube
Current Criminal
Canadian Behaviour
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As a case study of crime – answer the following
questions about crime.
1.What happened?
2.How does this meet the sociological definition
of crime?
3.How does this meet the legal definition of
crime?
4.What forms of social control were used?
5.What lesson does the rest of society learn
here?
Case Studies
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Rob Ford allies want mayor to address
crack use allegations - Toronto - CBC
News
School workers in children's mouth-taping
incident off the job - Nova Scotia - CBC
News
Jury duty no-shows lead to crackdown by
2nd N.S. judge - Nova Scotia - CBC News