Social construct of criminality

Francesca Blythe

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Laws applied differently depending on circumstances
Criminology Unit 2 > Social construct of criminality
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Laws changed over time
Criminology Unit 2 > Social construct of criminality
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Laws change from culture to culture
Criminology Unit 2 > Social construct of criminality
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What is the social construction of criminality?
Whichever acts a society defines as criminal
some societies or culture can define an act and pass a law against it, when others see it as doing no wrong
as society changes over time, ideas about what a crime is can also change