SOC101 Lecture Notes - Labeling Theory, Demonology, Differential Association
15 Mar 2013
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Punishment model: u. s. , most people in jail per 100,000. Aboriginal offenders are more than twice as likely to be incarcerated than no aboriginal offenders. Aboriginals accused are more likely to be denied bail. More time is spent in pre-trial detention by aboriginal people. Aboriginals accused are more likely to be charged with multiple offences. The over representation of aboriginal persons in the federal prison population is worsening. But only represent 2% of the canadian population. Accounted for 61% of federal and provincial custody. The book of knowledge regarding crime as a social phenomenon. It includes within its scope the process of making laws, breaking laws and reacting towards the breaking of laws. Crime: designates certain behaviours and actions that require social control and social intervention codified in law. Deviance: actions that violate social norms and that may or may not be against the law. Most crimes are understood as deviant however all deviant acts are not criminal.
