SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Body Modification, 2011 England Riots, Informal Social Control
12 May 2013
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Deviance: violation of social norms (rules that guide our behaviour) Prefer not to engage in crime because we care what family and friends think of us. Often invisible, not really noticed until a norm is violated. Got more box than ups and fedex combined. How crime and deviance are socially constructed. Economically and politically powerful groups are more successful at resisting being called a deviant. Look at historical and cross-cultural variation and consider the ways that crime and deviance vary across time and place. Raised medical awareness for women on abortions. Once arrested deamed to be a criminal. Drafted into military service during vietnam war. 3 decades later he is a well-respected academic: consensus crimes: Acts that are viewed to be very harmful and wrong: homicide, attempted homicide, violent assault with a weapon, sexual assault, kidnapping. Mala in se : evil in themselves: conflict crimes: Society by definition say these crimes are wrong.
