Sociology 2253A/B Lecture : lecture1.docx

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2253A/B
• Professor: Laura Huey

Document Summary

The age fallacy: media portrayals of victims tend to leave consumers with the impression that that victims and offenders are much older than they are, by focusing, for example, on violent crimes committed against the young and elderly, the fact is, you are much more likely to be a victim of crime, particularly of violent crime, if you are young and male, also like to think of perpetrators as old. First degree murder: murder is first degree when, it is planned and deliberate, the victim is a peace officer (killing a cop is automatically first degree murder, it is contracted (in contract killing, both the person who instigates and a person who does it are guilty, when a death occurs during the commission of one of the following offences: hijacking an airplane; sexual assaults; kidnapping/forcible confinement; hostage taking); criminal harassment/intimidation; an act of terrorism; related to the activities of a criminal organization.