SOCI 2445 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Disorganization Theory, Gun Control, Zoophilia
27 Sep 2016
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Sometimes values take over social significance and become rules. Often times we create rules when something tragic happens/some one has died. Gun control = 15 women shot at the university. Anticipate an action before it can occur should be the right way to make laws so that no one is harmed. Speeding = may cause an accident and die so don"t speed. Social norms are artificial contracts and beliefs - they don"t really exist. Crime involves breaking a law: most people responsible for crime are repeat offenders, the breaking of a law in the criminal code of canada = there are consequences. There more deviant acts then there are crimes . : but they may be created as potential crimes in the future. Bestiality - having sexual relations with an animal penetration against the law. Supreme court of canada only defined this as a crime when there"s. If someone is seen touching, fondling or anything of that nature it isn"t.
