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Contributions of sociological theories in understanding the social dimensions of crime - with an emphasis on violence

The presentation discusses the relationship between society and crime. More specifically, it discusses how ideas and concepts of different sociological theories can contribute to understanding aspects and mechanisms of social life important for explaining both the causes and consequences of crimes on individuals and society and for preventing, controlling and resolving crimes in society. It starts from the thesis that crime is a significantly socially constructed phenomenon whose manifestation and sanctioning is significantly influenced by the dimensions of time and space, which are framed and shaped by the characteristics of a specific historical and social context. In this sense, presentation discusses how aspects of power, ideology, culture and social organization affect how the general and professional public on the one hand, and social control institutions on the other: determine: (1) which forms of social action are not acceptable to society, and (2) through which formal and informal social norms and practices social actor and institutions should prevent and suppress the occurrence of such phenomena. We will place special emphasis on how the ideas and concepts of sociological theories of crime (and aspects and mechanisms of social life that these theories discuss) can be applied to the problem of occurrence and suppression of violence (violent crimes) in contemporary societies.

Sociology, Crime, Violence, Social control, Prevention

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