SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Uniform Crime Reports, Victimless Crime, Queer Theory
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Critiques essentialism and universalism (look at context of this society and the people with or within) Critiques binary accounts of gender and sexuality (look at things in continuum; categories don"t cover all diversities of how people live their lives) Object of scientific inquiry - intervene, control, manage crime (same time state became interested in health and wellbeing of citizens) Normalcy: notion of the norm (links to study of crime and deviance) - study margins and borders (those who don"t fall into mainstream) Taking boundaries of acceptability = object of inquiry instead of taken-for-granted -> challenge notions of the normal . What do we do about it? (how to stop it or punish people) What is crime? (definition - not universal) Criminal code: crime = intentional violation of criminal law without defence or excuse. Politicality: laws = enacted by legislature (elected) - part of political process (laws have an element of permanence)
