SOCL 2001 Chapter : Sociology Chapters 7 - 9
Document Summary
Chapter 7 part 1: deviance, crime, and the criminal justice system. Crime: the violation of society"s formal laws, an important category of deviance that, has been written into law, is enforced by public authority. Types of deviance: noncriminal deviance, like lying or alcoholism, criminal deviance, behavior that violates laws. Ways of studying crime: uniform crime report: crimes reported to the police and arrests, benefit, recorded since 1930 allows analysis over time, weaknesses, doesn"t capture unreported crimes. Victimization surveys: interviews people about being crime victims, the national crime victimization survey, benefit, includes unreported crimes, negative, crimes are still underreported. Victims and offenders: most victims likely to be, men, non-white or non-latino, people age 12-24, offenders are likely to be, male, white, age 18-29. Corporate crimes: illegal acts committed, by executives, to benefit, themselves, their company, can target, the general public, the environment, workers.
