SOC 2760- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 27 pages long!)

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Activity 1. 3 : criminology and the sociological perspective. Perspective: discuss the mutual relevance of soc. and criminology, describe the contributions of w. e. b dubols and ida b. wells-barnett to the development of criminology. John hagan(1994) observed sociological criminology as a structural criminology: takes into account the social and physical characteristics of communities and the profound influence of race and ethnicity, social class and gender. The mutual relevance of sociology and criminology : both criminology and sociology are structured based on social inequalities, sociology is the parent field of criminology. Deviance behaviour that violates social norms and arouses negative and social reactions, these are i(cid:374)for(cid:373)al u(cid:374)(cid:449)ritte(cid:374) (cid:858)rules(cid:859) (cid:272)alled customs. Laws formal norms, written or codified: past beliefs that deviance was caused by the religious influence, the devil, reward vs risk. Consensus and conflict in the creation of criminal law. Law began under the reign of king henry ii.