SOCIOL 1A06 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Social Constructionism, Deterrence Theory, Labeling Theory
6 Mar 2017
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Norms: rules that prescribe standards of everyday behaviour. The most important norms are regulated through the criminal justice system: Social institutions charged w/ the task of apprehending, prosecuting, and punishing known offenders. Crime: a breach of the criminal law that is liable to prosecution and punishment. Consensus crime: involves criminal acts that are generally agreed to be seriously harmful, wrong, and deserving of serious penalty. Conflict crime: involves criminal acts that are subject to disagreement about the amount of harm they cause, how wrong they are, and how severely they should be punished. Social stigma: severe social disapproval of a person b/c of a particular trait that indicates their deviance from social norms, resulting in a damaged reputation or reduced social status. Some people have fought back publicly against social stigma. Young people are often condemned b/c of how they appear to others. Some choices are interpreted as signs of putative deviance.
