SOCI 100A Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Cesare Beccaria, Anomie, Ritualism In The Church Of England
23 Oct 2016
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Criminology: the study of crime, causation, crime prevention, and the punishment and rehabilitation of offenders. Focuses on causes, patterns, and trends of crime. Focuses on explaining crime that consider structural factors, such as poverty and discrimination. Crime: behaviours or actions that require social control and social intervention, codified in law. Deviance: actions or behaviours that violate social norms, and that may or may not be against the law. Social norms: shared and accepted standards and social expectations. Most crimes are considered deviant but not all acts of deviance are considered crimes. Example of deviant: a woman (50 years old) dates a man (18 years old) is seen as deviant because it isn"t normal but it also isn"t illegal. Howard becker states that the act itself is not inherently deviant but rather people"s reactions to the specific act make it deviant. Social norms/act of deviance differ from culture to culture.
