Some behaviours are defined as crimes in society, but may not be in another society. In fact, there are different definitions of crime and the process of dealing with persons who violate criminal law in different societies. Showing that crime and criminal law originate in society.
To understand this situation, we first need to be basically clear that what is legal and crime. Then going through more examples and criminal perspectives, we can conclude that 'only certain types of behaviour are criminalized by law and others are not."
For example, since October 2000 prostitution and operating a brothel have been legal in the Netherlands. The world famous district "de Wallen" ("the Quays") in Amsterdam is an important centre for prostitution, where you can see prostitutes public soliciting in the window. …show more content…
It argues that social order is maintained through domination and power, rather than consensus and consistency.
The conflict theory stated that the dominant group who holds power in defining laws, they do not focus on the actual deviation behaviour, but rely on the definition of deviation from the norms and values. Conflicts with normative and authoritative requirements, the person who may be marked as a crime; therefore, the authority of organization playing a bigger role to define the behaviour as a crime, compared to a person committing the behaviour.
For example, many people in the world will celebrate Christmas with friends and family. People will give each other gifts, share foods in Christmas party. Even they do not believe in Jesus or God and think that on Christmas should be the day of world peace. It is not criminalized.
But in Brunei and the other two Muslim majority countries, Somalia and Tajikistan banned Christmas celebrations. They warned that the Christian festivals could threaten the nation's Muslim
To understand this situation, we first need to be basically clear that what is legal and crime. Then going through more examples and criminal perspectives, we can conclude that 'only certain types of behaviour are criminalized by law and others are not."
For example, since October 2000 prostitution and operating a brothel have been legal in the Netherlands. The world famous district "de Wallen" ("the Quays") in Amsterdam is an important centre for prostitution, where you can see prostitutes public soliciting in the window. …show more content…
It argues that social order is maintained through domination and power, rather than consensus and consistency.
The conflict theory stated that the dominant group who holds power in defining laws, they do not focus on the actual deviation behaviour, but rely on the definition of deviation from the norms and values. Conflicts with normative and authoritative requirements, the person who may be marked as a crime; therefore, the authority of organization playing a bigger role to define the behaviour as a crime, compared to a person committing the behaviour.
For example, many people in the world will celebrate Christmas with friends and family. People will give each other gifts, share foods in Christmas party. Even they do not believe in Jesus or God and think that on Christmas should be the day of world peace. It is not criminalized.
But in Brunei and the other two Muslim majority countries, Somalia and Tajikistan banned Christmas celebrations. They warned that the Christian festivals could threaten the nation's Muslim