SOC211H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Social Stigma, Social Inequality
Document Summary
Designed to redress social inequality, but can also entrench social inequality ie) affirmative action, gladue courts. Provide formal remedies when our civil rights are violated civil or criminal sanctions. Stipulate the legal sanctions for each illegal action i. e. ) fines, prison. Punishment is administered and determined by the state. What are laws: they are legal statutes enshrined by legislation. Social process developed and institutionalized by elected officials. Are social responses to a perceived need for formal social control, like drinking and driving. Often created out of public pressure sex offender registries, equality rights for the. Lgbtq community, distracted driver law: advocacy groups lobby the government to do something about social problems. Formal social control: formal social control engages law enforcement and the criminal justice system. Includes specific punishments outlined by law jail, fines, probation, community service: 1st degree murder 25 years to life, with or without the possibility of parole. Behaviors that violate the law criminal or civil law.
