SOCI 1F90 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Gun Violence
27 Jan 2016
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Example crack lower class more time then powder cocaine. They are here to protect the upper class / ruling class. Crimes are socially constructed to those who are in power. Example: weed is illegal and just to through in jail and fill jail with lower class. Women are charged more if they were not victimized. Racial individuals are charged more harshly then the white class. Law is often used to silent the lower class for the higher class. Law is created to shut up the lower class and keep us from questioning. Law and crime are socially constructed with the goal of keep the society the way it is. The rich get richer and poor get prisoner. Example aboriganls make up 3% of population but 11% of jail population. Chapter 35 sex, gender and generation age of consent and moral regulations in canada. 2008 age of consent has change from 14 to 16.
