SOC 1101 Study Guide - Final Guide: Sex In Advertising, Orgasm, Secondary Sector Of The Economy

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1101
• Professor: Carolyn Gordon

Document Summary

Any behaviour, belief, or condition that violates cultural norms. Some criminal acts are not seen as deviant. For example, somebody who must steal food in order to feed their families would not be seen as deviant by society. Crime and deviance are relative to time. Crime and device are relative to place. Homosexuality, child marriage, drinking and driving, smoking in a car. An act of omission prohibited by criminal law. Key elements: mens rea, guilty mind, actus rea, guilty act, no legal defence. Crimes against a person- theft or the threat of force against others. No force of threat of force against the victim. White collar crimes- illegal activities committed by people in the duration of their employment. Corporate crimes- illegal acts committed by employees on behalf of the corporation with their support. False advertising, producing unsafe product, unsafe working conditions. Moral crimes/ victimless crimes- the illegal action engaged involuntary by the participants.