Sociology 2266A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Cybercrime, Convenience Store
14 Sep 2016
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Refers to a wide range of acts that can be socially/culturally and or legally perceived as wrong or anti-social - no universal definition of crime. Happens all over the world, not every country or province agrees on the same definition of crime: deviance: departure from a norm that creates a negative reaction from others or positive reaction. Deviance is relative - its all how you view what that deviance is. Different countries have different laws, i. e saudi arabia and their drinking laws. To be labelled a criminal by society you needs to have the secondary deviance of being caught. o. I. e military or police force: canadian criminal code (ccc) 1953-54 had 104 pages/46 sections, now it has 2490 pages/848 sections. Growth in definitions of crime: cybercrime, terrorism, etc. Non-conventional offences: such as things that happen as a result of corporations faults, i. e gm knowing about the problems with cars and resulting in murders - lawsuits vs. trials.
