Crime And Deviance

Question 1

When we have so far talked about how social forces interact with agency what has been a concept that has been more commonplace

And what has been an opposition to these views

Answer 1

Conformity/ social reproduction

Deviance, the group that do not conform to the norm

Question 2

When explaining “real society” what are the 2 things that must be considered

Answer 2

Conformity and deviance

Question 3

A subset of individuals who do not exhibit conformity is known as:

Answer 3

Deviance

Question 4

What two things helps to understand what deviance is:

Answer 4

The violation of a socially expected behavior
The responses to the violation of this behavior

Question 5

What is the relationship to deviance and crime

Answer 5

Crime describes a deviant behavior that is so bad that it goes against the criminal law

Question 6

Why do we say that crime and deviance is determined by the culture or structures and less by the moral act of an individual

Answer 6

No behavior is of itself is deviant, it is the way it is understood or agreed upon as bad or good by the society that determines its devianceness

Crime is also also not based of a persons behavior morally but based of what the structure lays out as laws that need to be agreed or obeyed.
To understand crime the behavior and society in place must be understood collectively
For example, Jesus being nailed to a cross at the time because, He was going against the law according to the Romans, seen as a criminal but now He is regarded as a savior of the world

For example crime in 2015 weed in Canada, but now it is legal, the state mandate is what determines what is considered criminality

This defers from deviance because deviance is not conforming to the norm, does not necessarily mean going against a state law or mandate, deviance could be wearing shorts to a DLBC church not necessarily a crime,

Question 7

What are the 4 types of deviance

Answer 7

Social diversions
Social deviations
Conflict crimes
Consensus crimes

Question 8

A minor act of deviance that are recognized, but not largely tolerated by the society but there is no formal sanction is considered

Answer 8

Social diversion

Question 9

What is social diversion and an example

Answer 9

An un usual behavior that diverts from the norm but elicits a limited response

Using your phone in class, church or in a meeting
Nor necessarily has but is frowned upon and if you do so you wont end up in jail or be thrown out of class of church for it

Question 10

Serious acts of deviance where there is widespread agreement about the social harm its associated with is

Answer 10

Social deviations

Question 11

What type of deviance is institutionally sanctioned but not criminally sanctioned

Answer 11

Social deviation

Question 12

Examples of social deviation

Answer 12

Boys keeping long hair in schools, not be sent to jail but subject to sanction by the disciplinary committee

Cheating in an exam-institutional sanction to leave university
Not performing office work- institutional sanction to get fired
Do doping in professional sports- institutional sanction to be disqualified from sport

Question 13

What are conflict crimes

Answer 13

Crimes that there is not a wide spread agreement about what the morality of the act but according to the state it is still a break of law and involves criminal sanction
For example robin-hood- steal from the rich give to the poor, some people may see it as doing a good thing by taking the wealthy of those who have excess and helping those in need while, others may regard him as a thief that deserves to got to jail

Question 14

What is an example of conflict crimes

Answer 14

Marijuana use in Canadian 2015 was illegal
But there was no consensus of where it was wrong or right
Some agreed that addicts needed to got to jail
Others believes that they deserves therapy and treatments to help them

Question 15

What causes the lack of consensus in conflict crimes

Answer 15

The response to the criminals act not the behavioiur in it of itself
So for example even though using weed was wrong but the disagreement of the morality of use was based on the societies views

Question 16

Deviant crimes that are criminalized and universally considered to be morally unacceptable is

Answer 16

Consensus crimes

Question 17

What is the type of crime that is most commonly thought about when any thought or discussion of crimes crimes about

Answer 17

Consensus crimes s

Question 18

Robbery, murder are exmaples of

Answer 18

Consensus crimes

Question 19

To study crimes sociologically requires what?

Answer 19

Not just the limitation of knowing what to be a criminal is
But how crimes are understood and propagated through institutional of the crimes justice system

Such as the, victims, police, court system, criminals

Question 20

What is self concept

Answer 20

The story about what the institution is, what it seen and understood as its purpose in the society

Question 21

What is the relationship between self concept and manifest functions and latent functions

Answer 21

Self concept is what the institution is aimed at accomplishing which is the manifest functions
For exmaple the purpose of a church, share the good news God with like minded people and a place of worship

While latent function are the aims that was not inherently planned to achieve through the structure, but happens by the way the structure is therefore leading to reproduction of another institution
For example, finding a job, the church is not a means for people to find jobs but by forming connections can be a means to find a job

Question 22

Why is it important to understand behind the self-concept of an institution in crimes

Answer 22

Because the institution can leads to a different aspect off crime that were not its initial aims

For example, the self concept of of criminal justice system is that crime is inherently socially pathological ( bad and needs to be stopped or prevented)

While there are other latent effects that crime is thought about politically because regardless of that political position taken, we can go beyond the self concepts, into the reality of what the institution actually is

Question 23

What is the conservative and the Liberal view of the theory of crime and what relationship exist between them

Answer 23

Conservative view- crime is bad (undesirable and pathological) because of an individual fault at complying the the morally accepted behavioiur

Liberal view- crime is bad ( undesirable and pathological) but it is due to asocial problems, like poverty, lack of employment and education

Overall opposing view of meaning of crime but in both cases, consider crime to be bad and should be prevented regardless of the fault ofd the individuals or the structure

This connects back to the lecture on social structure, because even though, everyone has a different view about the concept of crime but the structure still elicit patterns of behavior, that everyone aggress what is considered to be a criminal act and should be apprehended and judged for any deviant crime

Question 24

Who mentioned that crime exist in all societies, regardless of the criminal justice system or severity of piunishment

Answer 24

Durkheim

Question 25

To classify crime among the phenomena of normal sociology is not to say merely that it is an inevitable, although regrettable phenomenon, due to the incorrigible wickedness of men, it is to affirm that it is a factor in public health an integral part of all healthy societies, what does this mean?

Answer 25

Durkheim maintained that:
We should not see crime as something that is bad and is a regrettable as pet we cannot overcome in the society no matter what we do because man is inherently wicked, no matter the punishment, crime would still exist, we shouldn’t think that way about crime but
But see it as an important part of the structure of the society, it is a functional part of the society not an evil phenomenon

Question 26

What is the function of crime that Durkheim was pointing out

Answer 26

It strengthens the sentiment of pro sociality

Collective pro sociality stabilize the society-> crime reinforce the collective pro sociality-> crimes stabilize society

the functionality is not in the victim of the crime but how they crime reinforces in the mind of the public the laws about what are good and bad. It allows the society to express solidarity about how the crime is wrong

So if the laws are there but there is no crime there is no means to maintain the solidarity, then there is no agreement that this is the wrong act

Question 27

What is the sentiment of pro sociality according to Durkejim about crime

Question 28

What did Durkheim consider to have a symbiotic relationshiop

Answer 28

The criminals and the police
They are not in fundamental conflict to each other but in a close relationship that requires the other to function

Both roles are needed for crime to have a stabilizing effect of pro sociality
As the criminal commits a crime and the police Man catches him and the public becomes aware it encourages the need to realize that crime is bad and should be avoided

Question 29

Why is Durkheim theory of crime not been used today

Answer 29

Although it offers a good starting point to understand the institutions of the crimping justice system and understanding crime itself,
it also helps to broaden our eye on not just the self concepts and manifest functions of these organizations but going beyond to understand the latent effects of reality and how it operates
But its ideas are not good enough