Crime Flashcards
Crime
breaking of rules
that have been made into laws
by the rulers or gov of a society
Deviance
behaviour
most or all people disapprove of in the society
medical drugs vs drug dealer is an example of
deviance is socially defined
something that is thought of as natural but is the product of cultural expectations + examples
Socially constructed behaviour
social setting= its ok to be naked in the tub
culture = cannabis is legal in the Netherlands
Time
explain why crime is a social construct
laws
cross cultural evidence
criminality (Prohibition)
Legislation of same sex marriages in the UK
2014
Sexual Offences Act
1967
Sex between two men over 21 and “in private” is decriminalised
The Factory Act
1833
banned children under 9 from working in textile mills
The education act
1944
free education for all
Capital punishment legal until
1965
Drinking ages
USA=21
UK=18
Saudi Arabia= illegal
death penalty stat
Amnesty International
883 executions in 20 countries in 2022
assisting someone to die is legal in
switzerland
According to Marxists who is behind the social construction of crime
tax avoidance = MEH
benefit fraud presented by the media as a big problem “Benefits Britain”
Daddy Durkheim why is there crime
see crime as inevitable and universal
ALTHOUGH
too much could disable society
not everyone equally committed to collective sentiments (exposed to diff circumstances + influences)
