SOCI 325 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Etiology, Lesion, Mothers Against Drunk Driving
12 Mar 2015
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There are problem populations" that threaten capitalism: the economic system needs control people to propagate itself. The problem populations threaten capitalism in a number of ways. These groups are created in capitalism through: capitalism itself, which needs a powerless class by nature, disturbances in class rule . The medical model" of deviance asserts that deviance is a result of treatable medical conditions, or diseases. Conrad on hyperkinesis" is a case study of medicalization. It is a common myth that police or judges work to change laws. Moral entrepreneur: private citizens who lobby to create new laws and therefore new classes of deviance. They accomplish this with the assistance of political figures and sometimes media attention (eg. reefer madness, war games).
