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-referred to as the "value consensus" or "normative" position
- definition of crime to be a fact or precise |
Objectivist- legalistic approach
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"somthing that is against the law" - what approach is this?
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Objectivist-legalistic approach
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A form of public law that governs relationships between individuals and the state by regulating the activities of organizations dealing with matters such as unemployment insurance, lanour relations, and landlord and tenant relations
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Administrative law
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Relates to arrangements between individuals, such as property disputes, wills, and contracts.
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Civil law
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Criminal law fall into 3 different categories...
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1. crimes against the person
2. property crime 3. offences that are considered to be plain wrong |
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Howard Becker argues... creates deviance
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Social groups
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Rules made up to target a group, labelling them as "outsiders"
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Deviance
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Referred to as "hard"
approach that beleived that no act is inherently criminal. and believed crime and deviant to be social constructs |
Labelling theory
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Perspective that many rules and laws are not endorsed by all segment sof canadian society.
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Social reaction
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A social process that defines what is right and what is wrong in society, encouraging some behaviors and discouraging some behaviors
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Moral regulation
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A new breed of female criminals emerged and is being portrayed as on the rise in the mass media
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Nasty girl phenomenon
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