norms+ values definitions

Question 1

what is a norm?

Answer 1

specific rules or socially accepted standards that govern our behaviour. these can be formal (written rules such as the law) or informal (unwritten rules)

Question 2

what are values?

Answer 2

general principles, beliefs or guidelines about how we should live our lives. they reflect a persons sense of right and wrong

Question 3

what are mores?

Answer 3

a basic set of norms that society see as vital for maintaining standards of decency

Question 4

examples of mores

Answer 4

murder, cannibalism, incest

Question 5

what is a moral code

Answer 5

a set of established rules or guidelines that a person or group uses to determine what is right and wrong, and to guide their behavior

Question 6

what is criminal?

Answer 6

a person who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime. involves men’s rea and actus rea

Question 7

what is the social definition of crime?

Answer 7

an act defined by society’s reactions and beliefs, rather than solely by written laws

Question 8

what is deviancy?

Answer 8

behaviour that gives against social norms and values. odd behaviour, bad behaviour and admired behaviour.

Question 10

what is a sanction

Answer 10

penalty or punishment, or a restriction imposed on an individual, group, or country,

Question 12

what is an informal sanction

Answer 12

a rule not formally written down

Question 13

what is a formal sanction

Answer 13

legally recognized and officially enforced punishment or reward for breaking or adhering to a rule or law

Question 14

example of formal sanction

Answer 14

fines, cautions (by police) prison

Question 16

who makes laws

Answer 16

government, judges

Question 17

what is social construction

Answer 17

the idea that criminal behavior and deviance are not naturally determined but rather are socially built/made by society