SOC203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Gender Inequality, Ritualism In The Church Of England, Canadian Association Of Elizabeth Fry Societies
5 Mar 2017
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Examples are not tested on unless in lecture notes. Emphasize the role of social factors in criminal behaviour and society responses. Note: crime and deviance can be positive and negative. Deviance is inevitable whenever two groups have differing degrees of power. Alienated from society, feels like nobody is liste(cid:374)i(cid:374)g opportu(cid:374)ities (cid:373)ore for people (cid:449)ith a(cid:272)(cid:272)ess to edu(cid:272)atio(cid:374) Laws reflect the interests of the ruling class. Law enforcement and sanctions applied differentially (ethnicity, gender?: female sex workers vs. male johns. For durkheim (and other s. f. s): crime can be functional for society, rules of (cid:272)o(cid:374)du(cid:272)t (cid:448)iolated the(cid:374) (cid:272)o(cid:373)(cid:373)u(cid:374)it(cid:455) (cid:272)o(cid:373)es together, strengthen group cohesion and lead to social change. Three major sf theories of crime and violence: e(cid:454)a(cid:373)i(cid:374)e (cid:862)dysfunction(cid:863) (1) strain theory (merton, 1957): social structure can limit legitimate means to acquiring cultural goals. Based o(cid:374) durkhei(cid:373)"s (cid:862)a(cid:374)o(cid:373)ie(cid:863): state of (cid:374)or(cid:373)less(cid:374)ess norms and values are weak or unclear: strain can lead to crime, means goals.
