SOC107 - Who You Gonna Call? The Crimebusters! (Rerelease)
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Show Notes
We have another throwback episode for you, and this time it's about crime! Sociologists are good at mythbusting-- social mythbusting that is! Our first topic to bust: Crime. Citizens of any society have preconceived notions of crime, and these ideas can tell us something about the dominant social order, morality, and normative behavior. So, let's discuss! Are we living in the most violent time? Trump wants to blame everything on "undocumented criminals," but are undocumented immigrants accountable for a large portion of crime? Oh-- and prison/jail, that's the same thing, right?