Crime Overview Flashcards
1
Q
What is a criminal act?
A
An act that is against the law e.g drinking underage and therefore breaks legal, formal rules. Criminal acts are a lot more straight and narrow than deviant acts.
2
Q
What is a deviant act?
A
An act that is socially unacceptable e.g socialising with gangs. It breaks informal social and cultural norms. They are subjective and depend on our circumstance, time period and location.
3
Q
Which groups believe that crime is a social construction?
A
Interactionalists, Marxists and Postmodernists.
4
Q
Which group believes that crime is not a social construction?
A
Realists (left and right).
