SOC224 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Hearing Loss, Klinik, Schizophrenia
5 Mar 2015
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Societal reaction large numbers of people in society respond negatively to something (like polygamy) Normative violation breaking socially acceptable and expected behaviours (dress) Normative violations: absolutist something is inherently and universally deviant (p. 11) incest, murder, etc, culturally specific based upon a given society"s moral code. Mores standards thought to be foundational for morality in a culture violators are immoral. Assumes that a societal consensus/agreement exists about deviance. Consensual view of law arises out of a social consensus, and then is applied evenly to all. Conflict law/social power perspective law is a tool that the ruling class uses to serve its own interests. Interactionist view society"s powerful define the law at the behest of interest groups, who appeal to those with power to rectify/fix a perceived social ill (for example, strikes ended by legislators) High consensus deviance often in place through laws and legislature. Human actors are neither totally free not totally determined.
