Sociology 2260A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Victimless Crime

• School: Western University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: Sociology 2260A/B
• Professor: Brenda Kobayashi

Document Summary

Effective social control there must be this in order for law to be effective. Law is a method that which we achieve effective social control. This represents and enforces the accepted norms and behaviors of society. Get a tattoo family can shun you or dis own you. Formal when informal social controls don"t work or are not effective. When we use the term legalization refers to the process of an act that is deviant is not considered illegal or criminal. For example talking in class is deviant, but it is never going to become a crime. There are many deviant acts that are considered deviant but not criminal (for ex being rude or swearing is deviant but not illegal) Where offenders should be punished so that they pay for their offences. The severity of the punishment on par with the harm that"s been inflicted from their offence.