Sociology & Criminology for a Changing World
The shared symbols, beliefs, values, and practices of a group or society.
Culture includes both material and non-material elements that define a group’s way of life. It shapes how people understand the world, interact with one another, and define deviance or normality. Cultural criminology explores how crime is shaped by and embedded in cultural meanings.
Emile Durkheim, Clifford Geertz, and Cultural Criminology.
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