A.C. 1.1 - Crime and Deviance (UNIT 2)
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- A.C. 1.1 Crime and Deviance
- LEGAL DEFINITION
- An act, or omission which is forbidden and punishable by law
- law is not definitive
- An act, or omission which is forbidden and punishable by law
- SOCIAL DEFINITION
- Behaviour or Activity that offends the 'norm' of a society/community
- Subjective
- down to interpretation
- Subjective
- Behaviour or Activity that offends the 'norm' of a society/community
- Deviance: violation that goes against the social norms of a society. the behaviour, which is not acceptable by the society.
- BAD: Negative behaviour, seen as harmful to 'norms' for example murder.
- ADMIRED: Good or admirable behaviour, even though it goes against social norms for example heroism
- ODD: Behaviour which is out of the ordinary, someone not fitting in with society and its norms. for example having 50 cats.
- Formal Sanction: Given out by law enforcement and the Judicial System.
- Police: these include cautions, fines, penalty notices.
- Courts: these include fines, probation, community service, prison and discharge
- Informal Sanction: Unwritten an unofficial methods, used to steer social norms within a society.
- These include: name calling, ignoring behaviour, labelling behaviour, detention, grounding and frowning.
- Social norms: the social expectations that influence and explain behaviour within a particular society.
- Social Mores: these encompass the norms; of customs and behaviours of a society.
- Moral Codes: good ways of behaving, learnt from differences of right and wrong.
- Values: base principles which society places important, which tend to determine our behaviour and actions.
- LEGAL DEFINITION
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