SOCA02H3 Lecture : deviance and crime.doc
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Crime is a big time issue (one of top 3 issues since 1970) in canada crimes is also on the rise. The show cops you never see any white collar crimes being pursued by this show, its usually cops pursuing working and lower class. Crime and medicine usually combined in shows top shows: csi, prison break, house, grey"s. Deviance is also violating a norm (ex. the law) that gets you into jail. So there are two types of deviance: (1) criminal deviance and (2) non-criminal deviance. Deviance just standing outside the norms different types of crimes: classification system of crime: Includes: unfair labour practices (paying employees below minimum wage) this is middle class crime and different from the street ccrimes. Embezzlement stealing money from the company that you work for ex. working for a bank, and you carry out a plot to steal from the company you work for .
