SOC102H1 Chapter Notes -Conflict Theories, Anomie, Rape Myth
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Victimization can reduce ppls trust in social institutions and their willingness to take part in community life. Crime and its aftermath can damage the central institutions of civil society-fams, workplaces schools. Crime is a social activity with social causes and effects. Men =more likely than women to be victims and offenders in crime. Crime will increase whenever social inequality does. Griffin and miller have called the crime phenomenon crime control theatre . Designed to interrupt serious child kidnappings in progress by soliciting citizens tips to help officials quickly rescue victims. Amber is an imaginary solution to a socially constructed problem. Laws rules of conduct that may provide for the punishment of violators. I. o. w the formal rules about what a society"s members can/cnt do. Laws are important tools for promoting good behaviour. When laws are broken it is considered a crime. Crime behaviour that is prohibited by applicable statutory law.
