SOCY 275 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Moral Panic, Deterrence Theory, Public Knowledge
23 Nov 2017
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Hostility directed towards the people involved in the deviance (folk devils practicing the deviance: 3. Consensus (enough of the population has to think this is a problem: 4. Interest group: demand change over specific morals they have, grassroots, combined with all sorts of people and is very situational, the definition of the problem is being created by these groups. Reconceptualization of general and specific deterrence (stafford and warr: people are making decisions based on deterrence theory, going to take into account experiences with punishment, direct experience (punish themselves) Indirect experience: how many times did someone get away with it, direct experience with punishment avoidance. Indirect experience with punishment avoidance: people who have never offended tend to focus on their own lives and vice versa. Distinctions between legal and extra-legal sanctions: stigma, self-image, attachment costs, relationships, commitment costs future. Lecture 2: deterrence theory is subjective because everyone goes through things differently.
