CRIMINOLOGY UNISA CMY 1501 EXAM [ACTUAL 100%]
Criminology - ANS---Is an applied discipline within the human science & its field of study includes the scientific study of crime, offenders & victims , the punishment of offenders & the prevention & control of crime
The law - ANS---Consists of all fo...
Criminology - ANS✔✔---Is an applied discipline within the human
science & its field of study includes the scientific study of crime, offenders &
victims , the punishment of offenders & the prevention & control of crime
The law - ANS✔✔---Consists of all forms of law (criminal law, common
law). A law is a written status enacted by those legislative bodies that have
the authority to make laws
Common Law - ANS✔✔---Consist of legal rules that were not originally
written down, but which have come to be accepted as the law of the land
Criminal Law - ANS✔✔---Is made up of all legal rules that identify crimes
& set down punishments
Classical Criminology - ANS✔✔---The theoretical perspective suggesting
that *people have free will to choose criminal or conventional behaviors
*people choose to commit crime of reasons of greed or personal need.
, *crime can be controlled only by the fear of criminal sanctions
Radical theory criminology - ANS✔✔---The view that crime is a product
of the capitalist system. (Marxist criminology)
Rational choice - ANS✔✔---The view that crime is a function of a
decision-making process in which the potential offender weights up the
potential costs & benefits of an illegal act.
Social process approach - ANS✔✔---The view that criminal behavior is a
function of people's interactions with various organizations, instructions &
processes in society.
Social structure approach - ANS✔✔---The approach concentrates on the
social structure & organization of community, with the view that
disadvantaged economic class position is a primary cause of crime.
Crime - ANS✔✔---A violation of legal rules of behavior as interpreted &
expressed by a criminal legal code created by people holding social &
political power. Individuals who violate these rules are subject to sanctions
by state authorities , social stigma & loss of status.
Code of crime list - ANS✔✔---Is used for the classification of crime in SA
& consists of 35 categories
Positivism - ANS✔✔---The branch of social science that uses the
scientific method of the natural science & suggests that human behavior is
a product of social, biological , psychological or economic forces.
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