U3L4: Crime and Deviance

Question 1

What is deviance?

Answer 1

Any behavior, belief, or condition that goes against societal norms, values, or expectations. Deviance does not always involve breaking laws. departing from what is considered acceptable, conventional, or morally appropriate within a given culture or social context.
EX: In class, speaking when someone else speaks, using phone, showing disrespect, etc.

Question 1

What is crime?

Answer 1

Behavior or actions that violate laws enacted by a society. crimes are actions deemed illegal by the legal system, and individuals who engage in criminal Behavior May face legal consequences, such as fines, imprisonment, or other forms of punishment.
EX: Committing murder —> jail for life
Drinking/driving ——–> lose license

Question 2

What are the 3 kinds of social control?

Answer 2

Internal social control, external social control, informal sanctions, formal sanctions

Question 3

What is Internal social control?

Answer 3

Relies on an individual’s own conscience and sense of right and wrong.
EX: self-regulation or not stealing due to religion

Question 4

was is external social control?

Answer 4

Society’s effort to bring those who step outside the lines back into line through rewards and punishments.
EX: employment rules and regulations, speeding laws.

Question 5

What are informal sanctions?

Answer 5

Refer to unofficially, non-institutionalized consequences, that individuals face for deviating from social norms or expectations.
EX: social disapproval, exclusion from groups.

Question 6

What are formal sanctions?

Answer 6

Rewards or punishments by law and authority.
EX: parking fines, suspension, expulsion.

Question 7

Determine 3 crimes that have been increasing in Canada + Statistics

Answer 7

1) Homicides: In 2020, there was 17. In 2021, there was 14. In 2022, there was 30.
2) Robberies: In 2020, there was 651. In 2021, there was 581. In 2022, there was 768.
3) Impaired driving: in 2022, there was 694 cases and in 2023 there was 721.

Question 8

Summarize key facts from the violence CBC video

Answer 8

• all crimes in Canada are increasing
• 24% increase in auto thefts
• hate crimes increase by 7% and 72% during pandemic
• 10% increase in homicides