SOC 202 Study Guide - Class Conflict

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 202
• Professor: Graeme Metcalf

Document Summary

Deviance is the recognized violation of culture norms and one category of deviance is crime: the violation of a society"s formally enacted criminal code. Criminal deviance expands across a wide swath of behaviour ranging from a traffic violation of murder. What deviance actions or attitudes, whether negative or positive, have in common is some element of difference that causes us to think of another as outsider or other All of us are subject to the measure of social control: attempts by society to regulate our thoughts and behaviour. Our being governed-subject to social control-is dependant on the way in which our society is organized. 3 examples and examinations of crime: title: the classical and rational choice perspective. Why does crime occur: because people choose to engage in criminal behaviour. Reason: choices based on hedonism, maximize benefit and minimize cost, crime is more attractive then being law-abiding: title: the social structure perspective.