Sociology 2266A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Content Analysis, Rulemaking, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
13 Sep 2016
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Crime: engaging in act that we defined as illegal, and codified : repercussions for the act. Exists on a continuum: ex: murder (worst) petty theft (other end of crime) More: universal norm breaking a more would be a more severe crime. We can define a crime, but not every country would define the same crime as crime. Where did it come from: breaking laws. Objective of criminology: development of body of general and verified principles regarding these processes. Usually, there is no difference in social class, race in crime across the board: diff in sex and age. If we take all crimes into consideration, stereotypes disintegrate. Social class/ race matter when reacting to crime. We treat people more harshly: visible minority and lower class even if crime is the same. Use content analysis, surveys, historical analysis, experimental designs etc. Agency of social control and how they react. Not all crime and criminal behaviour is deviant.
