SOC100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Child Pornography, State Terrorism, Employment Discrimination
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Aiding and abetting: moral/ethical crimes, workplace discrimination, weapon offences (illegal guns) Studying crime and deviance is studying norms, studying society expectations. Taking the boundaries of accessibility as an object of inquiry instead of taken-for- granted. The criminal code defines crime as "the intentional violation of criminal law without defence and without excuse" Politically > laws created by the people that are elected by looking at what is illegal/legal in the political process. Social movements will try to modify the law in ways. Speci city > specifically states what is a crime and what is not. It"s the idea of due process", to balance your rights, and to make sure that there are many procedures that the system needs to go through to prove guilt. Uniformity > making sure the criminal code applies to everyone equally regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, class, etc. Penal sanctions > punishments set in advance, setting guidelines for judges to decide on a sentence.
