a behaviour/action that goes against legislations in a country
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what is deviance?
a behaviour/action which goes against norms and values of society (not illegal)
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what is social construction?
a phenomenon that was made by society unnaturally
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whats a utilitarian crime?
a crime that produces a monetary reward
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what a non-utilitarian crime?
a crime that produces no monetary value such as vandalism
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how can a crime be historically relative?
how can a crime be contextually relative?
how can a crime be age relative?
.when a crime changes over a period of time ie homosexuality
.behaviours that okay in some situations but not others ie drinking alcohol at 8am vs with a meal
.some activities banned for certain ages ie smoking under 18
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how can a crime be culturally relative?
whats acceptable in one culture differs from whats acceptable in another culture ie south asians prefer to use hand while eating food but this may be considered as rude/unhygienic in wstrn cultures
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what is 1 non-sociological explanation of crime and deviance and who came up with it?
maternal deprivation- bowlby, when deprived of mothers loves, they become juvenile delinquents and increase crime
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what is another non-sociological explanation of crime and deviance, who came up with it?
Freud- personality traits, when personality unbalanced (ID, ego, superego), id gets what it wants (crime)
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what is another non-sociological explanation of crime, who came up with it?
Lombroso- evolution theory, special facial features (less evolved humans) commit crime as they are that type of specific group
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want is another non-sociological explanation of crime?
genetics, warrior gene, mutation of MAOA causes aggression+ other traits of crimes which results to crime
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what is another non-sociological explanation of crime, who came up with it?
some sort of brain damage/mental illness makes the makes the person commit crimes as a result
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what is deviance?
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a behaviour/action which goes against norms and values of society (not illegal)
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