SOC208H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Selective Enforcement, Social Order, Kayaba Industry
Document Summary
Hysteria and racial profiling (italians involved) (moral panic: see something going on and create a moral panic and put what is right or wrong into the law i. e. prohibition) Crime syndicates imported from other countries (transnational organized crime, quite interconnected and many groups are multi-ethnic. Not a blame the italian sort of thing) 25 crime families made up of mostly men. Rewards of professional crime outweigh risks (risk of detection and potential punishment and rewards) Poverty, mobility, social control, resources, education, opportunity. Anomie and strain (accept the goals but deny the means) Disjunction between culturally proscribed goals and available means. Dishonest means to achieve goals i. e. detroit- most crime. Market dynamic and demand for goods/services (organizations meet the demands to reap the profits just like any other organization would) Community social institution (combo of social units and systems) Social units and systems which perform major relevant social functions. Access point to social activities and functions necessary for daily living.