SOC313H1 Lecture 1: Week One - Jan 5
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Comparing 2 different countries and their law on a specific topic/activity. Why there is a different legal status. Laws must be different on paper not in just enforcement. How this might pose an issue, and what are you strategies for overcoming this issue. Not setting out to prove or disprove hypothesis. Hypothesis = window into analysis, allows you to focus and narrow your study. Presenting your paper into a ppt format. What makes an effective, concise, and attractive ppt. 1st questions = essay question (majority of the marks: broad. 2nd question = policy application question: draw on lecture material and outside material. (cid:498)man is the measure of all things(cid:499) protagoras. Notion that crime or deviance = violation of pre-existing and concrete societal norms. Norms/customs/beliefs/values about what is good or bad are external to the individual and real and given and therefore are objective. Vast majority of people in society will agree about what is right or wrong.