CRJS 1001 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS LATEST
UPDATE (GRADED A+).
criminology
a body of knowledge that regards crime as a social phenomenon
6 major areas of the discipline of criminology
1. the definition of of crime and criminals
2. the origins and role of the law
3. the social distribution of crime
4. the causation of crime
5. patterns of criminal behaviour
6. societal reactions to crime
small scale societies and informal social control
-cooperation and equality
-collective solidarity
European formalized law
capitalist modes of production
criminal law
formal rules that govern behaviour un society
advisor systems
disputants sought the counsel of an advisor
-high status men who were settling disputes harmoniously increased their status as advisors
feudalism
-social system based on tenure of land which was the dominant form of capital in an agrarian mode of
production
-redress was replaced by feudal lords and laws to settle disputes
-central authority of the king replaced feudal lords
crisis of legitimacy
the state no longer maintains the authority to govern
restorative justice
represents a return to small scale society dispute settlement
Canadian centre for justice statistics (CCJS)
UPDATE (GRADED A+).
criminology
a body of knowledge that regards crime as a social phenomenon
6 major areas of the discipline of criminology
1. the definition of of crime and criminals
2. the origins and role of the law
3. the social distribution of crime
4. the causation of crime
5. patterns of criminal behaviour
6. societal reactions to crime
small scale societies and informal social control
-cooperation and equality
-collective solidarity
European formalized law
capitalist modes of production
criminal law
formal rules that govern behaviour un society
advisor systems
disputants sought the counsel of an advisor
-high status men who were settling disputes harmoniously increased their status as advisors
feudalism
-social system based on tenure of land which was the dominant form of capital in an agrarian mode of
production
-redress was replaced by feudal lords and laws to settle disputes
-central authority of the king replaced feudal lords
crisis of legitimacy
the state no longer maintains the authority to govern
restorative justice
represents a return to small scale society dispute settlement
Canadian centre for justice statistics (CCJS)
