SOC102H1 Lecture 9: Lecture 9
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Inequality has huge costs for society health impacts are very important consequence of inequality illness and death are shaped by their position in the class structure. Crime is inescapable and it"s made inevitably worse by inequality second order thing is that the more crime you have, the more punishment you"ll have, which means more crime . reciprocal relationship . There is a drama in every society around crime and punishment that reflects the problem of inequality. Us is locked in a drama in crime and punishments that is a consequence of its history in racial and class inequalities. Capital punishment is a very primitive form of punishment. Crime is committed by people who are in situations different from us not by people who think different. It"s a logical extension of normal situation of life. Marcus aurelius poverty is the mother of crime .
