SOC 2070 Study Guide - Academic Freedom, Defrocking, Syphilis

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2070
• Professor: Norman Dubeski

Document Summary

Bernard madoff swindled 4,800 clients out of up to 65 billion dollars. The perpetrator could not have committed his crimes without occupying a position as an investor. He did not commit his crime by means of/threat of violence. A form of deviance that cannot be enacted by just anyone. The individuals position within a given organization setting that facilitates, permits or enables the perpetration of the deviance. Have their own interpretation of what constitutes normal force required to subdue a suspect. This interpretation differs from what they learned in the academy, what the law says and what members of the community regard as acceptable. When the criminal abuse of children by priests was reported to authorities in the catholic church, it was nearly always covered up; offending priests were simply transferred to another parish and the police were almost never notified.