SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Actus Reus, Victimology, Anomie

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16 May 2017
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Recognize that some things cause harm but are not illegal. Three types of law: administrative: law public law ( state, government and individuals) Fines: civil law: form of private law. Law suits, decisions in civil courts: criminal law: another form of public law and governs relationships between individuals and the government. Crime to the person (homicide, sexual harassment) Offences that are wrong, with no obvious victim. ( drug use) Crown has to show the person committed the crime. You must have intended to accomplish the guilty act. Circumstances of people who cannot be charged of a criminal act. We label people as deviant or criminal, there isn"t a widespread agreement about criminals. Labelling theorists- social constructionism ( process to which people and things come and define certain things) Pan-handling ( focusing on the power difference) Possessing small amounts of drugs are deemed most serious but to society no. Assisted suicide - deemed deviant criminal behaviour vs deviant behaviour.

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