SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Urination, Drug Possession, Toothpaste
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Medium types of deviance: shoplifting, underage drinking, littering, speeding, vandalism, drug possession, public urination, assault, breaking and entering, fraud, stalking, murder, rae, arson, torture, terrorism, manslaughter, genocide. Consensus crimes: predatory, mala in se wrong in themselves (murder/rape/theft) Conflict crimes: mala prohibita- wrong by prohibition (people think they are, wrong because the law says they are, a law that controls ones morality wrong) Enforcement has to be proactive by authority. Some behaviors are legal in some countries. Alcohol consumption is illegal in saudi arabia/ walk around topless in ontario is legal: historical. Definitions of crime fluxuate over time (ie drugs illegal today but legal in past) Committing suicide was a crime but is seem more as an issue of mental health: contextual. How we perceive a situation depending on the situation. What the fuck in a sports bar is more appropriate than at a wedding. You can walk through the house nude but you cannot go out to a restaurant naked.
