SOC 368 1st Edition Lecture 2 Outline of Previous Lecture I. Introduction to CriminolgyOutline of Current Lecture I. Basic MeaningII.Crime is Socially ConstructedIII.Paradigms Current Lecture Sociological Problem of CrimeI. Basic Meaninga. Not just an individual phenomenon; patterned by social aspects for crime committers and victimized people i. They are both social acts, and therefore relative to time and spaceb. Associated social phenomenon i. Ideology ii. Moral panic iii. Policyc. “CRIME” is a social construct i. Criminology is thus the study of “crime”1. Interdisciplinary from sociology, where its sociological definitions and teachings are much broader and w2. Legalistic definition is much narrowerII. Crime is socially constructeda. It is a product of human interactionb. Implicationsi. Socially relative study- related to the social world based on: 1. Time/historical context2. Space/cross cultural and instra-social (variation within a society); political contextii. Thus, social problems ≠ conditions; social problems = concerns1. An example of a poor condition not being taken up as a concern is how some people may see environmental issues as being extremely degrading and worrisome- a threat to humanity- but until it affects These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.society as a whole, there is little likeliness for it to become a main focus of discussion politically 2. Another way this could be debilitating to society, only the people with voices are heard politically; many social problems go unheard because they are not a widespread social concerniii. However, essentially we can change what crime is, what it means and how itis dealt with; changes in the way crime happens are already occurring in our lifetime1. “Conduct norms” (Sellin) is described to be rules enforced by society, but since they change from group to group, dependingon the context, they could be criminal norms2. “White collar crimes” (Sutherland)/“analogous social injury” (Michalowski) are fairly new ways of performing social harm tosomeone, often by means of fraudulent financial gain 3. International/globalization approaches are ways of helping to get a better understanding of what is crime universally and what should be punishable/stoppeda. Human rights lawsb. International lawsIII. Paradigmsa. Legal (often much narrower guidelines)i. Criminalii. Civil 1. Tort2. Contract b. Sociological (much broader, flexible definitions)i. Conduct normsii. Social harmiii. International