SOCA02H3 Lecture : Chapter 7 Notes
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First, the term crime simply indicates a technical violation of the criminal law; knowing that someone has broken the law tells us little about his or her moral character and whether he or she is good or bad . Second, it would be useful to bear in mind that a list of famous people who have been labelled as criminals would include socrates, jesus, martin luther, louis. Riel, mahatma gandhi, martin luther king, jr. , and nelson mandela; for most people today, these historical figures are heroes. Code prohibits the wilful promotion of hatred against any identifiable group or. Any section of the public distinguished by colour, race, sexual orientation, religion, or ethnic group . The first dimension is the severity of the social response. The second dimension of deviance and crime is the perceived harmfulness of the deviant or criminal act (note that actual harmfulness is not the only issue here; perceived harmfulness is)
