Crime and Justice

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Learning Objectives

Chapter 1

• Explain the difference between “crime” and “deviance” and explain why crime is a “social construction.”
• Identify a “moral entrepreneur” and explain their role in the Salem witch trials and in the creation of deviance and crime.
• Articulate the difference between a “law” and other types of rules within society.
• Explain the difference between the consensus and conflict theories of law.
• Distinguish between “social control” and “crime control.”
• Identify the values underlying the crime control model of justice and the due process model of justice.