Social order and social control

• What is crime?

  Behavior that breaks laws and can be punished by the legal system
• What is deviance?

  Behavior that deviates and goes against the societal norms and values
• What does Plummer argue about crime as a social construct?


  The same act which is seen as deviant can be seen as non-deviant depending on the situation
• How can social control lead social order?

  It prevents anomie and maintains a value consensus via socialisation
• What are positive sanctions?

  Rewards that are given for conforming into social norms
• What are negative sanctions?

  Punishments that are given for deviating from social norms
• What does the psychological reason for crime argue?

  That criminals are mentally different as shown by Bowlby's thieves study