True or False
Criminology is not a social science.
False. It is a social science.
The 3 C's of criminal justice are: courts, cops, and ...
corrections.
How does the stigmatization process impact offenders?
Answer can vary.
What is considered a 'born criminal'?
Answers could vary.
The ‘born criminal’: abnormal anatomic, biological, and
psychological traits, many of which are atavistic, because
they ‘repeat’ traits typical of the pre-human ancestors of
man.
What are the assessments for this course?
Quizzes, Case study, 2 Critical Reading Assignments, Final Take Home Exam
There is an agreement on what constitutes crime.
False. There is not an agreement on what constitutes crime.
important
Why is there no agreed-upon universal definition of criminology?
Answers can vary.
What is the process of criminalization?
How certain behaviours become criminalized over a period of time.
When did the discipline of criminology become established in Canada?
Until the mid-20th century.
The systematic study of crime began in the 16th century.
False. The systematic study of crime began in the 19th century.
Criminology is a very empirically driven... field
research.
What are the three key 19th-century themes for the emergence of criminology?
Moral insanity, evolution, crime as a social phenomenon.
What is stigmatization?
How offenders come to be demonized and labeled.
List 3 different fields the study of criminology draws on?
Sociology, psychology, law, biology, geography, economics.
Rafter emphasizes that to understand ‘what is criminology’ we need to put together a sense of its historical development.
True.
Punishment should be swift, certain and …..
proportionate
What is the 'gold digging' approach to criminology?
Search for truth; definitive science of criminology
What does the statement 'crime as a social phenomena' refer to?
List two barriers to criminology's development.
(Hint: From Rafter Reading)
Geographical distance, language barriers, and criminology was not yet conceptualized as a field (pg. 146).
The Classical School of Criminology believes there is a difference between criminals and non-criminals.
False. The Classical School of Criminology, namely Bentham & Beccaria believes there is no difference between criminals & non-criminals.
.... —how new laws and new methods of supervision (e.g., electronic monitoring) may increase the size of the population under “social control”.
net widening
Why does Rafter use an analogy of a river to describe criminology?
“[an approach] that conceives of criminology more like a
river, an ongoing effort flowing through time, hitting rocks,
absorbing current, from other fields, picking up new
methods or concepts as it travels."
What is criminology?
Answers can vary.
Who are two prominent scholars in the 'Classical School of Criminology'?
Jeremy Bentham & Cesare Beccaria