AUSOC 225 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1 & 15: White-Collar Crime, Department Of Justice And Correctional Services, Class Conflict

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Augustana Faculty - Sociology
• Course: AUSOC 225
• Professor: Chris Hay

Document Summary

Criminology: the body of knowledge regarding crime as a social phenomenon. Not all social harms are criminal and not all criminal acts are harmful. Provincial courts try most criminal cases and young offenders cases. Sentences less than two years are served in provincial facilities, while sentences that are. 2 years or more must be served in a federal institution that is run by the correctional. Services of canada punishable with a jail term, a fine and/or some other sanction. Legal definition of crime: a crime is an act that violates the criminal law and is. White collar crime: crime that is committed by middle- and upper-class people in the. Deviance: behaviour that violates the rules, whatever those rules may be. The line between criminal and noncriminal behaviours is ambiguous and changes based course of their legitimate business activities on the circumstance.