SOC 1500 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: People V. Turner, Moral Panic, Actus Reus

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1500
• Professor: Ryan Broll

Document Summary

Crime doing something against the criminal code. Gottfredson and hirishi suggest people who commit crime have low-self control. Administrative law public law, the relationship between individuals and the state. Civil law private law, arrangement between two people (lawyers) Criminal law public law, punish certain acts that are threats: ex: crime against a person, wrong doing or property crime. Men"s rea evil mind (children 12 and under and insane can"t be held responsible) To be convicted of a crime in canada you must show you committed the crime and had the intent. Howard becker social groups create deviance by making rules and then applying those rules to particular people to them as something like an outsider or a criminal. How deviant behaviour is reacted to is a reflection of how the society is structured. Moral regulationers don"t follow the rules because they fear consequences. Criminal behaviour is mostly deviant but deviance may not always be criminal behaviour.