SOC 1500 Lecture 6: SOC 1500- Interactionist, Critical & Feminist Perspectives
9 Feb 2017
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People are active in shaping their world: (cid:862)reality(cid:863) is de(cid:448)eloped through interactions (cid:449)ith others. Explains how crime and deviance are defined and how rule breaking is reacted to by those in power: recall: social reaction perspective. Secondary deviance: societal reaction, internalizing the label. Focuses on conflict between powerful and less powerful classes. Criminologists should focus on rule makers, not just rule breakers. The state secures and maintains the interest of the economic elites. Two main causes of working-class street crime: 1. At a social level, this can lead to riots/protests in general. At individual level, people commit crimes to even things out: 2. Committed to advocating for the rights and equality of women in society: ex. Teenaged boys are freer to deviate than teenaged girls. Amount of power a parent has in the workplace influences their control over their teenaged children: patriarchal vs. egalitarian households. Increased awareness that women are handled differently from men throughout the cjs.
