SOCI 1F90 Lecture Notes - Differential Association, Labeling Theory, Racial Profiling
4 Apr 2012
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We don"t actually have a free will choice, we are told how we can act and how we behave. The body of knowledge regarding crime as a social phenomenon. It includes within its scope the process of making laws, breaking laws, and reacting towards the breaking of laws . The scientific approach to the study of crime. Information about the causes, patterns, and trends of crime. Crime: designates certain behaviours and actions that require social control and social intervention, codified in law, against the law. Deviance: actions that violate social norms, and that may or may not be against the law, socially challenging the law. Most crimes are understood as deviant; however all deviant acts are not criminal. What we view as deviant changes over time. Female body modification: proliferation of plastic surgery, tattooing, piercing. Any acts that involve the violation of social norms.
