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Crime and Society

Crime and Society. Large Group 1 Introduction to the study of Crime and Society. How do we define crime?. A crime is an act or omission that is against the law and is punishable. Criminalisation and decriminalisation.

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Crime and Society

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  1. Crime and Society Large Group 1 Introduction to the study of Crime and Society

  2. How do we define crime? A crime is an act or omission that is against the law and is punishable

  3. Criminalisation and decriminalisation • Criminalisation refers to how certain acts or omissions are made criminal offences • Decriminalisation refers to how certain acts or omissions are removed from the scope of the law so that they are no longer criminal offences • Criminalisation can also refer to the processes by which certain groups in society are penalised by the criminal law

  4. Social harm • Not all criminal offences cause social harm and not everything that causes social harm is a criminal offence • Should something be illegal if it causes social harm? • Should anything that does not cause social harm be legal? • Is this a useful way to think about crime?

  5. Breaking the law • Many examples in history of social change and progress resulting from people breaking the law • Can obeying the law sometimes cause more social harm than breaking it? • Is it OK to break the law if the law is unfair? • How do you define what is unfair?

  6. What is criminology? • The study of criminal behaviour • The scientific study of crime and criminals • The study of the criminal justice system, crime prevention and law enforcement • The study of the causes and consequences of crime • It is an interdisciplinary subject – can include law, sociology, psychology, anthropology, economics, statistics, social policy, etc.

  7. Criminology – main types of theories relating to the causes of crime • Religious • Classical • Biological • Psychological • Sociological • Critical

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