Sociology 6
Sociology 1001 with Gurbuz at University of Connecticut
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By: Laura Knox
Created: 2010-10-11
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Deviance
the recognized violation of cultural norms
Social Control
attempts by society to regulate people's thoughts and behavior
Examples of Informal Social Control
-parents, teachers, peers
Examples of Formal Social Control
-criminal justice system
Social Foundations of Deviance
-deviance varies according to cultural norms
-people become deviant as others define them that way
-people become deviant as others define them that way
Merton's Strain Theory-Conformity
-pursuing conventional goals through normal means
Merton's Strain Theory-Innovation
-unconventional means to achieve approved goals
Merton's Strain Theory-Ritualism
-accept institutional means
-rejects goals
-rejects goals
Merton's Strain Theory-Rebellion
-define new goals and means to achieve goals
-try to transform
-try to transform
Merton's Strain Theory-Retreatism
-homeless people
-drug users
-drug users
Cloward and Ohlin Deviant Subcultures
-extended Merton's theory
-readily accessible illegitimate opportunity
-readily accessible illegitimate opportunity
Cohen-Deviant Subcultures
-delinquency is most common among lower-class youths because they have the least opportunity for conventional success
Miller-Deviant Subcultures
-delinquent subcultures: trouble, toughness, smartness, need for excitement, belief in fate, desire for freedom
Anderson-Deviant Subcultures
-in poor urban neighborhoods, most people conform to conventional values
Labeling Device-interactionalist-symbolic-interaction analysis
-the assertion that deviance and conformity result not so much from what people do as from how others respond to those actions
Labeling Device-interactionalist-primary device
-norm violations that most people take part in with little harm to self-concept
Labeling Device-interactionalist-secondary device
-when people "make something" of anothers deviant behavior
Labeling Device-interactionalist-stigma
-powerful negative label that greatly changes a person's self-concept and social identity
-Goffman
-Goffman
Sutherland's Differential Association
-deviant behavior is learned
-frequency of association is central to the development of deviance
-if associates are prone to violation of norms, then one is also more likely to take part
-frequency of association is central to the development of deviance
-if associates are prone to violation of norms, then one is also more likely to take part
Hirschi's Control Theory
-attachment
-opportunity
-involvement
-belief
-opportunity
-involvement
-belief
Steven Spitzer-likely targets of labeling deviance and capitalism
-people who interfere with capitalism
-people who cannot or will not work
-people who resist authority
-anyone who directly challenges the status quo
-people who cannot or will not work
-people who resist authority
-anyone who directly challenges the status quo
White-collar crime
-those committed by people of high social position in the course of their occupations
Corporate crime
-illegal actions of a corporation or people acting on its beliefs
Organized crime
-a business supplying illegal goods or services
Hate crime
-a criminal act against a person or person's property by an offender motivated by racial or other bias
the feminist perspective and gender
-the world applies more stringent normative controls to women
-strain due to reality of gender-based inequality
-different standards are used to judge the behavior of women and men
-strain due to reality of gender-based inequality
-different standards are used to judge the behavior of women and men
Functionalist view on deviance
-we need deviants
-how would you define normal when you don't know what's abnormal?
-deviants produce morals
-how would you define normal when you don't know what's abnormal?
-deviants produce morals
About this deck
By: Laura Knox
Created: 2010-10-11
Size: 27 flashcards
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Created: 2010-10-11
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