SOC100H5 Lecture 5: Crime and Deviance
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Race: race is also a factor for who is arrested, e. g. Aboriginals are 4% for the adult population, but they account for 15% to 19% of. Symbolic interactionist approaches to deviance and crime: people may learn deviant and criminal behaviour when they interact with each other. Hippies in the 60s: as a result, merton argued people engage in criminal activity to achieve society"s goals. Social control: the rich and powerful exercise disproportionate control over the criminal justice system, and are therefore able to engage in deviance, control theory: holds that the rewards of deviance and crime are abundant. Punishment: surveillance cameras change the way a person behaves. The spread of mental disorders: debates on whether such disorders should be listed in the psychiatrist bible , the. Moral panic: widespread of fear that crime poses a grave threat to society"s well-being.
