SY101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Canadian Prairies, Arraignment, False Advertising

• School: WLU
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SY101
• Professor: Glenda Wall

Document Summary

Deviance: breaking norms + evoking negative reaction from others. Crime: form of deviance that breaks a law (norm stipulated/enforced by government) Variation of crime and deviance: severity of social response, range from mild-disapproval capital punishment, perceived harmfulness, degree of public agreement about whether the act is considered deviant. Note: crime and deviance are both relative + depends on time. Formal punishment: penalization by judicial system for breaking a law. Police respond investigate file a report make arrest. Accused appears in preliminary hearing arraignment trial. If doesn"t plea guilty = chance of no conviction b/c no reasonable doubt. White-collar crimes: illegal acts committed by respectable/high-status people in work: examples: embezzlement, fraud, copyright infringement, false advertising. Symbolic interactionist theory approach to deviance + crime. Learning and labeling of deviant + criminal roles. Note: deviant role youth learns depends on availability of type of deviant influence.