SY103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Restorative Justice, Labeling Theory
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They are born deviant; blames the individual. Goes against restorative justice; believe deviants should be locked up for life because they"re not capable of change. Completely ignores social causes of deviance and different ways in which societies think about deviance. Sociological definition : not a personality type, but a product of social circumstances. Is not just inherent, but part of a broader array of social courses and social thinking. Crime : offence that breaks the law, has legitimate punishments. The law lags behind norms norms change, but the law takes a while to adapt to this change. Pew global attributes survey (2007) most people in society are trustworthy . Social trust is not correlated with democracy or economic performance. Rather, social trust is correlated with perceptions of crime and corruption. If there"s high level of social trust in society, researchers argue there are lower crime rates. Perception of crime varies from culture to culture.
