CRM 601 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Social Distance, High Crime, Marihuana Tax Act Of 1937

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRM 601
• Professor: C.J. Hollingshead

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Reading- chapter 1: as american as apple pie overview. Behavior that is physically and/or psychologically harmful. *** perpetuators rely on justification of violent acts*** Three types of homicides: first degree murder (5 years, second-degree murder- punishment is life sentence (25 years, manslaughter. Embracing violence: culture: values, beliefs, and rules of behavior. Dictates what is expected, and what is prohibited; how you should act; what"s reasonable and unreasonable: subcultures of violence: Members of particular groups are prone to violence because of values and beliefs embedded in their cultures. Legitimacy: highly situational, contingent, and contextual. Describes the distance between different groups in society. The notion includes differences such as: social class, race, ethnicity, gender, sexuality. The different groups mix less than members of the same group. The term is often applied in cities, but its use is not limited to that. In a sociological nature, social distance is conceptualized in different ways: victim, perpetrator, social audience.