SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Labeling Theory, Mass Surveillance, False Advertising
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Dec 4th lecture 11 deviance and crime. Studying crime and deviance is studying norms, studying society"s expectations. Studying crime and deviance means studying normalcy. Taking the boundaries of acceptability as an object of inquiry instead of taken-for-granted. Three big questions organizing the study of crime. Two questions have dominated the field of criminology for a long time. And more recently, a third one has emerged and is gaining in importance. Criminology combines elements from psychology (sometimes biology), law and sociology to study its substantive topic: crime. Sociology comes in and speaks to the role of the social" in understanding crime and deviance: Along with media, families, politics, work, religion, education, health and many other areas of sociological interest. The criminal code defines crime as: the intentional violation of criminal law without defense and without excuse. There are 4 components of the criminal code: Politicality: laws are enacted by the legislature, that is, people who are elected.
