SOC 1500 Study Guide - Final Guide: Child Abduction, Atavism, Corporate Crime
18 Jul 2013
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Week 1: defining crime, criminal and the law. Consensus crimes: crimes that are considered to be more visible. Conflict crimes: controversial ones. ex: prostitution, drug use, porn. Mala prohibita: only considered a crime because its written down ex:weed: objectivist approach. Social organization is built around the notion that most members of society agree on what is right and wrong, and that the various elements of society work together toward a common and shared vision of greater good. Maintains that conflict is a fundamental aspect of social life itself and can never be fully resolved. Those with power get to decide whether or not an action is a crime. There is a conflict between those with power and those without. Deviance- behaviour that violates social norms or is statistically different from the average. Some forms of deviance are not criminal, and vice versa. Legal statute: outlines offences that are considered a crime.
