SOC219H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Street Justice, Homicide, Control Theory
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The movie last week showed what happens when the mechanisms of formal justice are not available for those who are victimized. It wasn"t a high priority crime, gangs are high priority. Her mom decided that they were going to exact their own form of street justice (black called that as crime as self-help) Crime is a means of exacting justice (or revenge) when legal means are otherwise unavailable. Examples homicide, property destruction, property confiscation, gang rape. There are a set of crimes that we have to understand them as a balance of justice defense, Lack of remorse the offender does not see it as wrong, used as a self- None of these things are questioned because this just looks at whether the crime happened or not. Pretty dramatic gap between boys and girls for this violent offence. Men and boys commit many more crimes in proportion to women.
