SOC 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 16: Guerrilla Warfare, Social Group
26 Mar 2018
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Chapter 16: crime, deviance and social control: social group: collection of people who interact with one another and who have a shared sense of belonging. Impose on their young some very strict rules about the most basic needs. Social norms: the unstated rule of everyday life. Norms: social norms enforcement of the unstated, unwritten,and nonarticular rules. Guerrilla warfare: happens when a fighting force hides from its enemy and carries out target rapid designed to wear down its numerically superior opponent. Geneva conventions: a series of international agreements about the fair treatment of prisoners of wars. Informal sanctions: might include such things as insults or giving someone a dirty look, while informal rewards include things like giving people compliments. Why do societies punish: to exact retribution for the victims of criminal acts, to deter offends and others from committing crimes in the future, to incapable or otherwise prevent offenders from committing further crimes.
