SOCI 2445 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Impulsivity
28 Jan 2016
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John braithwait: stigmatic: embarrassment in court (people that are there for the first time, re-integrative, strengthens bond of those involved. Human conscience controls human impulsivity: internal containment: express and control your anger; internalize emotions, external containment: lashing out. Not illegal as long as you don"t interfere. Dramatic change in policing over the last decade. Not all acts of deviance have consequences. Richard quinney the social reality of crime. Criminal law fits into a capitalist society. How we approach definitions and applications of crime, we can create a. More definitions of crime you have, the more crime you"ll have behaviours that conflict with the interests of the dominant class. We must have agents of the state working to maintain the status quo. Enforcement must take place, criminal label must be applied: how behavioural patterns develop in relation to definitions of crime: behavioural patterns are structured in relation to definitions of crime.
