SOC227 Chapter 1: CH 1
27 Sep 2016
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Gradually, certain harmful acts became de ned as criminal. Mala in se, mala prohibitium - marijuana, prostitution n: go to the criminal code of canada - to determine if something is a crime. The legal definition of crime: most common de nition is legalistic - legalistic" comes from the law, a crime is an act that violates criminal lazy and is punishable, in canada, crimes are de ned primarily by the criminal code. How to nd out whats deviance - 3 ways. As these 3 dimensions increases - this is how we determine something is a crime. The separation of crime from other kinds of deviance is a social and political phenomenon". Crime: a social construct crime is not universally de ned threre is nothing objective about whats criminal - things change, time, place its all about how we decide to treat it theres always room for discussion.
