Module 5 - Crime and Deviance Flashcards

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explain the difference between crime and deviance

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Crime requires social control and social intervention, codified in law
Deviance violate social norms and evoke a negative reaction from others - not necessarily against the law

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What’s the order of deviance and crime from okay to bad? (4)

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Social diversions
social deviation
conflict crime
consensus crime

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what is restorative justice

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focuses on repairing damage and restoring relationships

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Explain crime with structural functionalism

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System in place - enables us to see boundaries and behaviours. the institutions help us set boundaries and follow them.

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Conflict theory ?

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While everything is working together, are we understanding why people are committing crimes and deviance? where do the behaviours and roots come from? We don’t all have equal access to everything and people are just trying to conform to the values of the dominant group.

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Symbolic interactionism?

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We learn about this stuff through interacting with each other. We take peoples judgements into consideration as we interact. Example is constantly being told that you are up to no good, that’s how you might start acting.

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