1.2 - Explain the social construction of criminality

• the term ‘social construction’ refers to something that has been made or defined by society rather than simply occurring naturally.
• what counts as criminality is simply whichever acts a society defines as criminal.
• one society can define a particular act as criminal and pass a law against it, while another culture sees nothing wrong in it.
• as a society changes over time, its ideas about what is a crime can also change.