CRM 1300 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Moral Panic, Stranger Danger
7 Apr 2016
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Class #2 crime and deviance: relative to time. Wasn"t until the early 1980"s when husband"s could be charged with raping their wives. Early 1900"s, during prohibition, trafficking liquor, purchasing liquor, etc. was illegal. Other examples: texting and driving (there were no cell phones), smoking in a public place (like in a restaurant), inter-racial marriages, corporal punishment of children (spanking children) In the past, smoking was very common smoking was allowed in airplanes, in hospitals, in fairly any public place: relative to place. Behaviors that we have deemed to be illegal or legal are not treated the same way in other places. In singapore, it"s illegal to buy or chew. Korea has forced conscription: relative to gender. Women have tattoos is considered more deviant than men. Choosing to have more than two children. Men and women have different normative hobbies (more women pursue nursing, more men pursue politics: relative to social status.
