SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Relative Deprivation, Symbolic Interactionism, Jock Young
3 Feb 2017
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Symbolic interactionism: people are active in shaping their world. (cid:862)reality(cid:863) is developed through interactions with others: herbert blumer (1969): Humans act toward things on the basis of the meanings they ascribe those things. Meanings come from the social interaction one has with others. Meanings change as we try to make sense of the things we encounter. Labelling theory: explains how crime and deviance are defined and how rule breaking is reacted to by those in power. Secondary deviance: societal reaction internalizing the label. Conflict theory: rooted in the work of karl marx. Marx argued that capitalism would inevitably produce internal tensions that would lead to its own destruction. Critical criminology: focuses on conflict between powerful and less powerful classes, criminologists should focus on rule makers, not just rule breakers, the state secures and maintains the interest of the economic elites. Left realism: two main causes of working-class street crime: Square of crime e: jock young (1986)
