SOCIOL 2CC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Informal Social Control, Juvenile Delinquency, Mea Culpa
8 Mar 2019
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Resulted in over-emphasis on formal labeling and activities of social control agencies. Study of informal reactions to deviance is important because: May inform formal reactions by of cial agencies. Are labels applied to individuals by signi cant and generalized others. Signi cant = parents, siblings, friends, other family members. Generalized = members of society (neighbours, strangers, etc. ) Focused on informal labeling by signi cant others. The self acts a mechanism of social control. Police ourselves what to do and not to do. Individual"s self-concept also develops through # of appraisals: *know for exam. Actual" appraisals other peoples" perceptions of us (say/think; interpreted; objective) Re ected appraisals our perceptions of how others see us (subjective) Self appraisals how we see ourselves. Relationship exists between actual and re ected appraisals. Others" appraisal important in development of individuals deviant self id. If others think we are kind = we think we are kind. When parents act towards a child as deviant/troublesome:
