SOCI 201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Upper Class, Criminology

• School: University of Calgary
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 201
• Professor: Steve Dumas

Document Summary

November 24, 2014: be able to label the crime funnel, non-formal control is more common, becker well known criminologist. There are moral crusaders in society that try to change the behaviour of others. They believe that serious evil exists that must be eliminated. This results in moral panics: moral panics. Concern awareness that the group in question may be harmful. Consensus a large number of people become concerned about the group. Example aids crisis, war on drugs, fear of youth crime, fear of communism, violence in video games: pluralism , conflict most groups in society are not equal in terms of power, prestige and wealth.