SOC 2700 Midterm: Midterm 1 Notes
10 Mar 2017
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1)wrongdoing: (sociology-deviance), (legal-crime), (psychology-abnormality/ disorder in behaviour), (religion-sin defying a god) 3)criminology justice system approach: includes the elements of crime (actus reus and mens rea) 4)sociology of laws: social conditions determine forms of law and legal system. 7)white collar crime: sutherland states (cid:498)committed by a person of respectability and high social status in the course of his occupation. (cid:499) business men/people in high positions (priests for example) Organized crime is illegal and often involves violence. More than one person who come together and commit crimes. To be a criminal you are breaking the criminal code. Corporate/patron-client (patron-client: defined as mutual arrangement between a person that has authority, social status, wealth, or some other personal resource (patron) and another who benefits from their support or influence) Victimization if you are involved with crime you are more likely to be victim. 1 science: observe things, see for themselves by using senses.
