SOCL 4461 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Insurance Fraud, Property Crime, Social Isolation
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Deviance is going against the rules whether it be legal or not: criminology breaking. The study of law making, law breaking, and the social reaction to law. What were the social conditions that allowed this change in the law. Where everyone agrees on what the law should. Most laws however are not made on the normative consensus. The side that wins is not the one who is right but the one who is strongest. Society has a formal response to deal with lawbreaking called the criminal o o o o o o o. Norms is a fancy name for rules and the one who mobilizes the most resources. Response to law breaking justice system (police, parole, judges, etc. : we want to find relationships between variables. Theory is how 2 or more variables are related. Theory is how to guide your game plan. You don"t try to prove a theory you try to falsify it.
