RLS100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Robert Pickton, Rogers Place, Maurice Richard

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Recreation and Leisure Studies
• Course: RLS100
• Professor: Elizabeth Halpenny

Document Summary

Recreational vs. problem gambling workforce productivity and take a financial toll for solutions to problems it crates: for example . Taboo a social restriction based on tradition resulting in forbidden: originally from the polynesian word (cid:498)tapu(cid:499): prohibition of lies in society"s perspective (cid:498)victimless(cid:499) crimes(cid:524) Crimes with victims (e. g. assault and battery/ (cid:499)wilding(cid:499)(cid:524: injuring self: harm is mainly to those who participate (called actions but the same taboos are not all universal, what is taboo changes within the same group. Two types of taboo recreation gambling) that injure others. When things become taboo: ideational mentality. Compulsive (i. e. , psychological obsession) participation (e. g. : injuring others: antisocial acts or crimes with victims; behaviors. Idea and belief that something is morally wrong. Maybe never have done and want to but, prohibit for the sake of the public good. Suggests that laws and beliefs against activities are primarily morally derived: sensate mentality. Focus on tangible aspects of laws & regulations.