LS227 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Canadian Imperial Bank Of Commerce, Insider Trading, Subculture
1 Dec 2016
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Most share similar values of right and wrong. Consensus (functionalism): assumption that societies have tendency to hold a state of general equilibrium through mutual supportive and adjustive interaction based on institutional principals. Assumes that the actual maintenance of society is the common interest of all its members. Conflict: focus on inherent division within societies based on social inequalities and how this social division influences competing interests. Main assumption is that social structures and cultural ideas are mainly the reflection of the interest for a few members of society rather than the society as a whole. Crime occurs when there is issues which effect these institutions. Criminal law reflects interest of groups that create/enforce those laws. Law based by powerful who control legislation (the view of the powerful over the majority) They determine the: character, prohibited conducts and types of sanctions. Social values which a protected by the criminal law are those which the powerful treasure or benefit.
