SOC313H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Wu Xing, Acculturation, Hypermasculinity
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Deviant acts we control with force: jennifer hunt on the police. Police are required to handle a variety of peacekeeping and law enforcement tasks: include settling disputes, controlling crowds, and pursuing criminals; right to use force stands at the core of the police mandate. What do we mean by normal force : coercive acts that specific police on specific occasions deem necessary, appropriate, reasonable, or understandable, viewed as a necessary or natural response of normal police officers to particular situational exigencies. Most people in developed societies assess punishment in terms of their effectiveness, not their moral intention. Definition of punishment: anthony flew punishment must have the following features it must be unpleasant it must result from, or follow, an offence. Imprisonment is one of the world"s most common types of punishment. Imprisonment rates do not vary in direct proportion to crime rates: rates reflection of prevailing politics, ideology, and public opinion.
