CRM 1300 Final: Course Notes (Lectures + Textbook)
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Norm: established/approved ways of doing things in society. Won"t go to jail, but can be embarassed. Cutting nails in public, wearing indecent clothes, talking to self in public. Deviance can be positive - leads to social change. Mens rea: guilty mindif you"re insane, you don"t have this. Not all deviant acts are criminal, vice versa. J-walking and some drug use is not considered deviant but is criminal. Society dichotomizes criminal and non-criminal (black and white) Moral panic: occurs when a condition, group, person, episode, is seen as a threat to societal values and interests. Moral entrepreneurs: the people who start the idea that there is a threat. Folk devils: the groups targeted by the moral panic (the problem) Social control: organized reaction to behaviour viewed as problematic. Cjs: network of organizations, institutions, facilities, charged with the investigation, detection, prosecution, and punishment of offenders. 3 levels (majority of cases / descending order) Prisons have been around for less than 250 years.
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