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Terms To Know:
• Social Order: Refers to when shared rules and laws within a society are accepted and
upheld by individuals within it as their part of the social contract.
• Social Control: The enforcement of conformity by society upon its members, either
by law or by social pressure.
• Delinquency: Criminal behaviour, especially that carried out by a juvenile. It refers to
conduct that does not conform to the legal or moral standards of society and, were
they to be performed by an adult, would be termed criminal. Note; some crimes
(such as murder) will be termed criminal despite the age of the perpetrator.
• Profiling: The activity of collecting information about someone, especially a criminal,
in order to give a description of them. Though it is intended to be unbiased, quite
often profiling becomes racist as it relies on the individual compiling the
information.
• Recidivism: Relapsing to criminal behaviour, particularly after incarceration.
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Crime. Deviance.
What’s the difference?
o Deviance: Any act that disrupts the
social order by going against the
accepted norms, values, and social
order of the community.
o Crime: Any deviant act that breaks
the law of the land. It includes any
anti-social conduct that is
prohibited by law, with sanctions
that commit offenders into custody
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What is the point
of Deviance?
Why tolerate it?
• More clearly defines societal
boundaries and norms.
• Allows for the formation of
community centred on
shared deviant behaviour. Eg
LGBT community
• Creates a spectrum of
allowable behaviour for
deviant community.
• Acts as a buffer to
dangerous behaviours and
legal crime
• Creates a healthier society in
general.
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Crime: Intolerable. Why?
o Goes against the accepted laws of
society.
o Laws are created for the safety and
equity of the people.
o Crime breaks this basic social
understanding and puts the society
and individuals are risk.
o However, who determines what is
Criminal?
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Types of Crime
• Violent Crime: A crime in which a person is harmed or threatened.
• Property Crime: Involves criminal activity that does not do bodily harm to a person, but rather
focuses on private property.
• White-Collar Crime: The name for acts of fraud committed by businessmen. Violent behavior is
typically not associated with white-collar crime. Rather, these types of crimes are committed to
gain or avoid losing money or property.
• Organized Crime: Criminal activity committed by an organized group of individuals at a local,
regional, national, or international level.
• Consensual or Victimless Crime: Crimes that do not directly harm other individuals or property.
Rather, individuals choose to participate in risky behaviors that may be considered against the law.
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