SOCC30H3 Lecture Notes - Iceberg, Green Day
Document Summary
Norm violating behaviour comes in degrees of seriousness. It can be defined as a continuum of seriousness. As you move along the continuum you are moving from more serious types of crime to least serious crime. The difference from 2-3 is that there is a difference between crime from deviance. There are a number of acts and conditions that are not illegal or regarded as diligent. Types of crime and deviance: consensus crime. Very high levels of agreement with the act of the crime. It is painful for not only the victim but the wider community as well. These are the types of act that have severe consequences. People are sent away to jail for these types of crimes. Talking about murder, burglary with assaults of weapons, mass killing, child killing. Legal status used to call it crime mala in se (wrong in themselves) acts which are inherently or intrinsically wrong: conflict crime.
