SOC 271 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Probation Officer, Dependent And Independent Variables, Homicide
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In measuring deviance, access to resources" would be on x-axis and how likely they are to be labeled as deviant on the y-axis. Resources: gender, race, age, social class, etc (legal status, gender & sexuality, family lineage, physical and mental health, etc) Example: race: when police got call that someone was shooting in a mall, they arrived and saw a black legally-gun-carrying citizen: a black man. Assuming he was the criminal, they shot him. Example: age: advertisements for scooters helping those with impaired legs show old people acting mentally-impaired. Howard becker would argue that deviance is about who you are, not your actions. Example: corporations can get away with more. Example: vise-president of large company, with two brothers who are attorneys, only got 1. 5 years in prison for homicide. Example: teenage boy punched someone in the nose for insulting his girlfriend, charged with assault. Probation officer recommended to have 6 months of probation, and give mentoring/fatherly talk.
