SOC 1500 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1-5: Moral Panic, Labeling Theory, Ruin Theory
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Objectivist-legalistic approach understands the definition of crime to be factual and precise. In canada, the study of crime should be restricted to the criminal code of canada: the (cid:862)rule-breakers(cid:863, what ca(cid:374)ada"s legal syste(cid:373) is (cid:271)ased off of. Social consensus - those who break the law do so because they lack self-control. Labelling theory social groups create deviance by making the rules whose infraction constitutes deviance and then by applying those rules to particular people to label them as outsiders. Social-reaction perspective many rules and law are not endorsed by all segments of. Moral panic increasingly making its way into public/journalistic discourse about crime. Empirical reality (cid:449)he(cid:374) (cid:373)edia releases i(cid:373)ages/(cid:448)ideos they do (cid:374)ot (cid:373)at(cid:272)h (cid:862)reality(cid:863) Uniform crime reporting most countries in the world go to considerable lengths and expense to measure crime within their geo-political borders. Youth criminal justice act reductions in measures of crime can be seen with the repeal of the you(cid:374)g offe(cid:374)der"s a(cid:272)t.
