Sociology 2260A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: White-Collar Crime, Homicide
10 Dec 2015
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Highly stratified society: reinforcing social inequalities. The use of the law to fight social control can be used to fight controversy. Law and social control in the us (capital punishment: canada abolished death penalty in 1976. Death penalty was abolished in 1972 and brought back in 1976. California, texas, flordia have the highest death penalty rate. Women: women aren"t usually subjected to the death penalty. Societal desire for justice: it"s justice: just deserts. Saves fundamental amount of money: deters. Research on capital punishment doesn"t actually deter. Average cost is million for life in prison. White victims are valued more than black victims. More likely to seek the death penalty when the victim is white rather than black. Jury is more likely to hand down the death penalty if the victim is white. Crimes of privilege": crimes of the suite rather that crimes of the street. Coined by sutherland (1949: behind offences respectable middle & upper-middle class executives.
