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- The concept "crime" must be restricted to behavior which is so defined by the criminal law, yet assump-tions of proper scientific methodology make it necessary to define rigorously the phenomena under investiga- tion in criminology.
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Crime science (or more accurately crime and security science) has three core tenets: • the application of scientific methods. • the study of crime and security problems. • the aim of reducing harm.
DONALD R. CRESSEY. ABSTRACT. The concept "crime" must be restricted to behavior which is so defined by the criminal law, yet assump-tions of proper scientific methodology make it necessary to define rigorously the phenomena under investiga- tion in criminology.
- Who Are The Perpetrators and Victims of Crime?
- Legitimacy and Crime
- Civilisational Legitimacy and Crime
- Harm and Crime
It is unacceptable that acts of individuals or small groups can be regarded as crimes, while at the same time policies and systems that cause suffering and victimisation on a much higher scale are not. We must reject the myth of individual responsibility that is intrinsic to modern criminal law and criminal justice system (see [22, 41, 52]). Theref...
Legitimacy is another basic characteristic of the newly proposed definition of crime and can be dealt with from two perspectives – narrow (internal political) and broader (civilisational). This dichotomous approach closely coincides with the distinction between empirical and normative legitimacy . The first concept applies to the narrow perception ...
Civilisational legitimacy does not derive from mass support of the people, but stems from social justice and fairness. In the analysis of the Holocaust, Bauman (: 177–178) persuasively shows that, even if all of society recommends a specific action, this can still be an immoral one and defying the social consensus can represent a moral (and legitim...
Harm is necessarily linked with the abuse of power and is an inevitable component of crime. Reiman argues that the label of “crime” is applied appropriately when attached to all or at least the worst harms to society and inappropriately if used for harmless or even not seriously harmful acts. Crime internalises the notion of social harm; these are...
- Aleš Bučar Ručman
- ales.bucar@fvv.uni-mb.si
- 2019
Aug 10, 2020 · Highlighting the importance of interdisciplinary and international work, they consider priorities for future investment in crime and justice research and draw attention to the impact of an increasingly restrictive and risk-averse climate on critical research.
- Richard Sparks
- 2020
‘What is crime?’ considers the definitions of crime. Should the focus be simply on violations of legal codes or should we extend it to violations of moral and social codes?
ABSTRACT. This chapter provides an introduction to the Handbook of Crime Science. It. describes the historical roots of crime science in environmental criminology, providing a brief overview of key theoretical perspectives, including crime. prevention through environmental design, defensible space, situational crime.
Oct 10, 2023 · However, we caution that the ultimate success of this scientific reinvention likely depends on whether the courts begin to engage with forensic science claims in a more rigorous way. Keywords: forensic science, paradigm shift, error rate, testing, courts. 1. The Transformation of Forensic Science.
