SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Jack Layton, Sue Rodriguez, Robert Latimer
13 Apr 2014
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Deviance: violation of social norms (rules that guide our behaviour) Many of us do not break the law, cause we think how they think of us. When we care about how others think of us, so we won"t do something that is informal. Long line up, some one cut in line. Decriminalized: alcohol use; prostitution; birth control; contraception; inter-race marriage. Criminalized: smoking; second-hand explosion; driving; seat-bell use; drunk driving; Northern passage: american vietnam war resisters in canada. How much agreement there is that the behavior is wrong. The severity of the punishment imposed: consensus crimes. Homicide greater agreement, harsher penalties: conflict crimes. Male prohibita : wrong by definition societal disagreement public disorder offences chemical offences anything related to alcohol or drugs political crimes property offences right-to-life offences. Disagreement to govern about how we define crime, and how to respond: social deviations. Vocational (non-criminal violations of public and financial trust)
