SOC100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Uniform Crime Reports, Due Process, Media Reform
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Different crimes need different answers for why they are committed. Studying crime and deviance is studying norms/societies expectations. Taking boundaries of acceptability as an object of inquiry instead of taken-for-granted. The criminal code defines crime as the international violation of criminal law without defense and without excuse . Politicality: laws are enacted by legislature through the political process. Specificity: what is a crime and what isn"t a crime (due process) Crime has been among top 3 issues since 1970. 18-49yrs more likely to watch crime shows than any other show. Cucr does not account for high degree of unreported crime. Statistics reflect decisions by authorities & wider public on which acts to ignore/report. Respondents asked to report involvement in criminal activities (perpetrators/victims) Majority of canadians have engaged in some type of criminal activity. Almost quarter of population has been a victim of crime. People asked whether they have been a victim of crime.
