SOC327 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Order, Industrial Revolution, Bourgeoisie
21 Sep 2015
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Less efficient in order to prevent mistakes. More expensive and time consuming: emphasis is placed on legal guilt as opposed to factual guilt, emphasis on the means, rather than the ends, prevent innocent people from being found guilty, appeal process, critiques. Guilty people are not punished: most popular throughout the world. Historical roots: organizations to exclusively maintain order are fairly new. First one was in london, england in 1829. Established the first modern police service in the world. Spread throughout the world very quickly: before this . Before industrial revolution, most people worked in agriculture. Land worked by serfs, didn"t own the land, but were on contract. Industrial revolution got rid of the need for people to work the land. London, england went from a small town to a large city. Moved away from small towns into major metropolitan areas. As villages grew, more formal social order became established.
