SOCL 4461 Chapter : Socl 4461
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Deviance- violation of norms, crime- subset of norms coded as laws and are punishable by formal sanctions, criminology, edward sutherland defined it as: September 3, 2013: the study of law making, law breaking, and the social reaction to law breaking. Law making social context of enactment or removal of certain laws: for example opposition to some drugs is actually aimed at the user. Law breaking: documentation of different types of crime and asks the questions why. Describe and explain : social response, society has a formalized way of dealing with crime called the criminal. *in the last 3 years, maybe 4, we"ve had more people murdered in the us than have ever died in the. *1. 3 million crimes against persons/violent crimes in 2009. *5/100,000 people murdered in each city on average. *crime rates are always higher in a city than in rural areas. *baton rouge"s murder rate per year is about 35/100,000 people.
