SOCA03Y3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14.7: Class Conflict, Feminist Legal Theory, Critical Legal Studies
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Whereas crime is defined as those behaviours that require legal control and social intervention, deviance involves actions that depart from social norms and may or may not be illegal. If criminal solutions entail less work for greater payoff than legal ones, they are seen as more attractive. Society can better control criminal behaviour if it is met with measured severity, certainty of punishment, and swiftness of justice. Historically, biological approaches posited that some individuals were born to crime as a result of congenital factors, including body type. Functionalists hold that the structure of society can produce social pressures that result in criminal behaviour. Conflict theorists view crime as the outcome of class struggle and focus on how power relationships shape criminal law. Symbolic interactionists view criminal behaviour as arising minal justice in. Symbolic interactionists view criminal behaviour as arising through shared experiences and perceptions.
