social construct of crime

• crime

  -an act that goes against the law

  -can be deviant or not
• deviance

  -an act that goes against societal norms and values

  -can be criminal or not
• social construction of crime

  -contextual e.g., watching pornography

  -cultural e.g., polygamy

  -historical e.g., homosexuals & sterilisation

  -generational e.g., age - example: sex
• alternative explanations of crime

  -psychological (Bowlby, Freud & abnormalities)

  -biological (Lombroso & genes)