SOCI 1001H Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Nonconformist, Conflict Theories, Symbolic Interactionism
13 Apr 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Types of criminal/deviant behaviour: consensus crimes, conflict crimes, social deviations. Deviance (1: norms/violations, nonconformity and negative social reactions, social control (informal/formal) Deviance (2: deviance as relative (across time, across social contexts) Non-sociological perspectives on deviance and crime: biological theories/personality theories. Sociological perspectives on deviance and crime: functionalist theories. (durkheim - 4 functions of crime and deviance: social conflict theories. Rooted in societal power relations and inequality (criminal law/civil law (white collar/corpo- rate crime): symbolic interaction theories. Labeling perspective (primary deviance, secondary deviance - stigma ) Emile durkheim: 4 functions of crime and deviance: affirms cultural values and norms (morality, clarifies moral boundaries (regulation/social control, promotes social unity (integration, encourages social change. His micro-level work is associated with the interactionist tradition: stigma . Relating to the labels that society uses to devalue individuals and members of certain groups.
