SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Moral Panic, Price Fixing, Embezzlement
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Crime-defying/violating the law, without laws there would be no crime. While some consensus may form around definitions of deviance, it is often found in the eye of the beholder. Normative: consensus but plurality and change (most complete definition- we agree, but things change) Pre scientific: explanations for behavior rooted in the supernatural (witches, demons. Classical: you choose to be deviant, probability (newton), on crime and punishment. Biological: turn fo the 20th century, apply evolutionary models to explain deviance: (beccaria) criminals are less evolved. Construction, moral panic, manufacture military (ex, drunk driving changed social norms) Street crime: typical crime robbery, break & enter, theft, murder, assault. White collar crime: committed by elites, crimes involving deception or guile, price fixing, fraud, embezzlement, tax evasion. *theft is committed more by people with jobs because they have the opportunity, the know the system, and they have easy access. Police reported crime data (crime rates) they bring in information that the government.
