SOCA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Official Statistics, Labeling Theory, Arson
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Rules of greeting people varies from country to country: yanomamo people in brazil rub mucus and tobacco juice and run it all over the body. The business of touch, a book which teaches of how in 15 different countries people greet each other. In south korea beckoning an index finger is offensive while 4 fingers is considered good. In korea the cats and dogs are beckoned by an index finger. Deviance: involves breaking of a norm and evoking a negative reaction from others. Some of these norms become laws in the country. Crime: crime is deviance that breaks the law. At some point jesus and martin luther king were treated as criminals while. Nazis were not because they were following the norms and laws of the country at the time. Some deviant acts are given punishments while for some aren"t.
