Chapter 6: Social institutions Flashcards
(27 cards)
Institutions that affect an individual’s life intimately ie: family
Personal Institutions
Impersonal Institutions
Institutions that involve the activities and behaviours of large groups ie: criminal justice system
Example of social institutions include:
- churches (personal/impersonal)
- schools (personal/impersonal)
- government (impersonal)
- media (impersonal)
Characteristics of social institutions
- existed for a long time
- well established patterns of functioning known as structure, change occurs slowly in social institutions
- specific purpose
- members are joined by shared values
Legal system:
- supports and enforces behaviours our society agrees should be obeyed
- police enforce laws
- this is an example of what
An example of characteristics of social institutions
Fill in the blanks:
One of the main priorities of the (blank) is to provide (blank)
- criminal justice system
- social structure
The purpose of social institutions is:
- they shape values and beliefs
- maintain order and security
- help society to unction efficiently
True or false:
The criminal justice system is Canada’s largest and most expensive institution
True
Briefly explain the 3 components of CJS
- Law enforcement agencies: protect society, prevent crime, apprehend and arrest criminals
- Courts: processes people charged w/a criminal offence, it’s adversarial (lawyers, representing the defendant and compete in court against the prosecution
- Correctional Agencies/Insitutions: punishment of offender, once convicted by the court, rehabilitation, protect the public
The first issue in Canadian Criminal Justice is:
- The Power of Police:
- Ratio of police to citizens 1:475
- since police forces can be thinly spread, officers must use their judgement of when to intervene
The second issue in Canadian Criminal Justice is:
- The number of prisons:
- large operational costs of correctional agencies became an issue in Canada
What are social institutions?
Agents of socialization that influence shape and socialize us are part of larger entity we call society. They are “social structures” and “social institutions”.
The third issue in Canadian Criminal Justice is:
- Rehabilitation or radical reform?
-sociologist Travis hirschi said:
•abandon current criminal justice system
•incarceration only strengthens criminal attitudes
What did sociologist Travis Hirschi propose?
- intervene in the lives of young people
- restrict unsupervised activities in teens
- advocates strong 2 parent families
- preventing teen pregnancies would reduce crime rates long term
What sociologist was Criticized to being overly simplistic?
Travis Hirschi
True or false:
60% of marriages end in divorce
False (40%)
Romantic Love is based on what?
- physical attraction
- shard values and goals
- compatible personalities
Sternberg’s “triangular theory of love” is composed of what 3 things?
- Passion: drive that leads to romance, attraction and sex
- Commitment: decision that one loves someone else and commits to maintain that
- Intimacy: feeling of closeness, connectedness
Ukrainians that immigrated to Alberta and Saskatchewan are known as…
Hutterites
Hutterite expectations are:
- marry in late teens/ early twenties
- dating is restricted
- pre-marital sex is forbidden
- pregnancy expected within first year of marriage
The Two types of polygamy are:
- polygyny: one man has more than one wife
- polyandry: one woman has more than one husband
Polygamy exists for certain reasons, they are:
- property rights
- access to resources
- sharing of daily work
Fill in the blanks:
Mixtec marriage form is (blank). They (blank) have a free choice of marriage. These marriages are for (blank) reasons.
- monogamous
- do not
- economic
Fill in the blanks:
In India marriages are (blank). They are (blank) relationships usually chosen by parents. This is because of (blank) or to (blank).
- endogamy
- arranged
- caste lines
- create love
