SOC109 Lecture 21

• Readings and lectures have overlap. Take a look at those.
• Study the main ideas per lecture
  • Procedural Justice
  • Legal Mobilization - Litigation is lawmaking
  • Access to Justice - Courts aren't easily replicable
• Thinking about crime and deviance in a sociological manner.
  • Through social structure theories
    • Social Disorganization Theory
    • Strain Theory
    • Subcultural Adaptations and Code of the Street

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    • Things like Social Stratification
    • Anomie Theory
    • Socioeconomic Status
    • Collective Efficacy
  • Through social processes
    • Social Learning Theory
      • Differential Reinforcement
      • Differential Reinforcement Theory
      • Differential Association
    • Social Bonding Theory

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    • Primary Socialization and Secondary Socialization
    • Conflict and Criminalization
• Policing
  • Social contract vs conflict theory of police.
  • Rely on their discretion, can result in racial profiling.
  • Experience with police, can impact our perceptions on Procedural Justice.
• Crime vs Tort
  • Crime is violation of law
  • Torts are just harm. Torts against those who are harmed. Most times always a violation of law.
    • Damage caused
    • Normally civil issues