SOC212H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Social Constructionism, Chewing Gum
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Red light district in amsterdam: sex services, kamers: one-room government licensed cabins illuminated by a. Protection of community and exploitation act: it is lgeal to sell sexual services, but illegal to buy them: illegal to communicate sexual purposes in a public place (on the street, legal to communicate over phone or by email. Prostitution is a job in the netherland, but is a crime in canada. Gedoogbeleid: a policy of tolerance based on harm reduction: harm reduction: a belief that the best way to protect women sex workers was by legalizing prostitution, psychological and physical safety. Today"s lecture outline: defining social constructionism, relating social constructionism to crime and deviance, the social constructionism of crime and deviance across peoples, places, and periods. Crime and deviance are seen as problematic in white and black way. Social constructionism: we understand the world using words and. Categories that we create and share with one another.
