SOCIOL 1C03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Ontario Human Rights Commission, Uniform Crime Reports, Social Forces
3 Jan 2021
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Lecture 9: youth & the criminal justice system. This is our last lecture with new material. Final exam review slides to be posted next week. Final exam (30%) will be multiple choice/tf questions only. Crime must be understood in relation to the concept of deviance. Deviance: actions that violate social norms, and that may or may not be against the law. Howard becker: not the act itself, rather people"s reaction to the act that makes it deviant. We need to keep in mind what the broad social context is in order to understand why an action/behaviour is considered deviant and why by extension the act is considered criminal. If the social understanding of the behaviour or act changes, so too does the understanding of deviance (e. g. , marijuana). Moral entrepreneurs play a role in determining what acts are considered deviant and/criminal. This interest in problematizing wrongdoing" is linked to power.
