SOC101Y1 Lecture 13: Crime and Deviance - soc101
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1: what to do about crime, (1950s) what is crime. How do behaviours become defined as unwelcome or even punishable. Tells us about normalcy, centre canadian society, and what falls outside of it. the study of whats normal whats law abiding whats being a good citizen. Taking the boundaries of acceptability as an object of inquiry instead of taken-for- granted. Studying history is atudying how society is changing. People can read it. not like before u cant just make laws whever you want. Uniformity: was to replace a previous sytem of justice where there were 2 set of laws for the rich and different set of laws for everyone else. Panal sanctions: preset and predetermined by law makers. Crime rates: cucr: fill up for every single action that has been reported, self report surverys: anonymously, victimization surveys: about the tyoes of crimes that are mostly under reported. You think the problem is more serios then it is.
