CRIM 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: The Roots, Jeremy Bentham, Montesquieu
11 Dec 2015
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Deviance defined: adjective: differing from a norm or from the accepted standards of a society, (noun: one that differs from a form, especially a person whose behaviour and attitudes differ from accepted social standards. Social relations- the way that individuals and groups relate to each other (governed or controlled by law and by the criminal justice system) Social forces- shape our political system, our social system, our laws and our criminal justice system. Social conduct- how we behave or conduct ourselves in our social relations. Social conventions-norms or expectations what people expect we will do. Social constraints- can be formal or informal. Formal social constraints (laws, the courts, the police, the prison system) Social institutions- (e. g. , the criminal justice system) largely modern creations, designed to constrain those who do not follow social convention. Sociology involves a respect for logical clarity in the formulation of theories, and also involves disciplined empirical investigation.
