Crime defined the moral and behavioral standard of the society
In a society, crime is inevitable. Crime has its effect to the society’s moral and behavioral standard because it distinguishes the line between right and wrong. Since the society transform from an agricultural and domestic to a modern society, more people are educated. This transformation created different classes in a society, upper class, middle class and lower class. Karl Marx suggested that capitalism inherent a class system in which class relations are characterized by conflict. Although owners of capital and workers are dependent on the other – the capitalists require labours to produce products; where workers need wages from the owners– the dependency is highly unbalanced (Giddens, 2009). Therefore, workers have been living under this unequal condition, and when the workers reach their limit of tolerance, they seek money through illegal ways, which results in crime. If someone breaks the stable patterns of the society, it becomes a crime.
Crime is defined by norms that are formalized in law, for example murder, burglary or arson. In Emile Durkheim’s view, the understanding of people common values in society, uniting a multitude of separate individuals (Giddens, 2009). That is how the moral and behavioral standard gives a guideline of the society. When crimes happen, more rules are added and change the standard of society’s moral and behavior.
Moral is divided into two parts, personal moral and social moral. There is a fundamental difference between personal morality and social morality. Personal morality (Karl, 2007) defines how people respond to life from or within our own integrity with personal values. Social morality defines the respond of situated environment, our immediate community and the world community. Human behaviors are guided by their own sense of values. As everyone in society must follow the moral and behavior standard decided by the society, crime is the deviance issue that society does not agree. For example, robbing, murder, terrorism
Crime is defined by norms that are formalized in law, for example murder, burglary or arson. In Emile Durkheim’s view, the understanding of people common values in society, uniting a multitude of separate individuals (Giddens, 2009). That is how the moral and behavioral standard gives a guideline of the society. When crimes happen, more rules are added and change the standard of society’s moral and behavior.
Moral is divided into two parts, personal moral and social moral. There is a fundamental difference between personal morality and social morality. Personal morality (Karl, 2007) defines how people respond to life from or within our own integrity with personal values. Social morality defines the respond of situated environment, our immediate community and the world community. Human behaviors are guided by their own sense of values. As everyone in society must follow the moral and behavior standard decided by the society, crime is the deviance issue that society does not agree. For example, robbing, murder, terrorism