SOCI 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Malum Prohibitum, White-Collar Crime, Deterrence Theory
19 Jan 2017
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Crime is best understood as a carnival mirror, because the reality of crime differs greatly from how it is presented in the media. Argued by reinman and leighton in 2013. If crime was defined as behavior that cause harm to people and their property, we would be going after the less harmful people in society. White people/ corporate criminals are 4-5 times more expensive to society. Beauty products, soaps have high toxicity level and are covered in secret to make profit, unclosed by companies. Most likely to have copyright on their product so the(cid:455) do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e to (cid:396)e(cid:448)eal thei(cid:396) (cid:396)e(cid:272)ipe to thei(cid:396) p(cid:396)odu(cid:272)ts (cid:894)to be sue the company, must prove the cause which is very hard to prove) Corporation is not responsible for criminal charges but they do buy fines. Male are more likely than females to be both victims and perpetrators of homicide. 3 elements of deterrence: severity, certainty and spend of punishment.
