SOCI 1001H Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Conflict Theories, False Advertising, White-Collar Crime
28 Jun 2018
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SOCI1001H: Introduction to Sociology 1: Critical Foundations
Tuesday, November 28th, 2017
Lecture 10?
Intro (rule breaking)
Types of criminal/deviant behaviour
Deviance (1)
-Norms/violations
-Nonconformity + negative social reactions
-Social control (informal/formal)
Deviance (2)
-deviance as relative (across time, across social contexts)
-non-conformity does not mean deviance
-few are recognized and punished for being a deviant
-non-conformity became deviant when it causes a negative social reaction from others
-results in people trying to change behaviour or punish the person
Social Control
-technique and strategies to prevent deviant behaviour
-informal and formal
Informal
-casually used to enforce rules
oavoidance
oridicule
Formal
-external control of people after they have been identified as deviant
Non-Sociological perspectives on deviance and crime
-biological theories/personality theories
-the idea of deviance was fascinating to many
-deviance was the product of sin, and was caused by demonic possession
-focus on biological factors
-deviant people were seen as "biological failures" (volume of hair on their body, forehead shapes –
certain biological traits were characteristics of deviant people – they had not evolved enough)
obody types
-some treat deviance as a result of personality factors
ocriminal behaviour resulted from an aggressive personality type
ohomosexuality – expression of psychological dependency
-sociologists tend to be more interested in the concept that deviance is tied to social norms
Sociological Perspectives on deviance and crime
-functionalist theories
oDurkheim – 4 functions of crime and deviance)
-One of the first people to look for the cause of crime and deviance in terms of social factors
-As a functionalist, his ideas about crime and deviance have been key to shaping functionalist theories
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Document Summary
Social control technique and strategies to prevent deviant behaviour informal and formal. Informal casually used to enforce rules: avoidance, ridicule. Formal external control of people after they have been identified as deviant. Sociological perspectives on deviance and crime functionalist theories: durkheim 4 functions of crime and deviance) One of the first people to look for the cause of crime and deviance in terms of social factors. As a functionalist, his ideas about crime and deviance have been key to shaping functionalist theories. Noted that deviance can be found in every society, and almost every social group even in a society of satins, some will be holier than others. If it is present in every society, it must be functional reason why it persists. Concludes that deviance is a normal part of every society (a norm) His ideas were extremely radical in the 19th century. This labeling leads to more deviant behaviour.
