DEFINING CRIME AND DEVIANCE

Question 1

define crime

Answer 1

a legal wrong that ca be followed by criminal proceedings, which may result in legal punishment like prison or fine.

Question 2

define deviance

Answer 2

behaviour which is disapproved in society and doesn’t conform to shared norms and values

Question 3

define how crime is socially constructed

Answer 3

created and defined by society

Question 4

define how crime is relative

Answer 4

crime varies according to time, society and circumstances
time- homosexuality
culture - women exposing ankle in earlier society
circumstance - killing someone in cold blood vs in a war

Question 5

explain social order

Answer 5

general conformity to the shared norms and values so that society is peaceful and predictable

Question 6

explain social control

Answer 6

the process by which people are persuaded to obey the rules and conform the agencies of social control

Question 7

explain formal social control

Answer 7

carried out by the gov, the armed forces and CJS

Question 8

explain informal social control

Answer 8

agencies such as education, peers and family. less aware of informal but arguable more important and more effective than formal