Question 1
If the NHL institutes rules against violence in hockey, how will that action define violence?
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as social diversion◦
as social deviance◦
as conflict crime◦
as consensus crimeQuestion 2
In 2003, British Columbia Premier Gordon Campbell pleaded guilty to the misdemeanour of drinking and driving in Hawaii. Despite pleading guilty to a criminal offence Campbell did not have to step down as premier, although Canadian laws state that a person convicted of a criminal offence may not hold political office. What does this demonstrate?
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People who commit crimes are labelled as criminals.◦
People who commit serious crimes are labelled as criminals, but people who commit less serious crimes are not.◦
Campbell is not a criminal.◦
Social status plays a significant role in whether the label of criminal is applied.