SOC 1500 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Medicalization, Differential Association, Social Safety Net
11 Dec 2015
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Not an act, its not something you do. Something gets labelled or identified as being deviant. Crime: the violation of a society"s formally enacted criminal law. Social control: attempts by society to regulate people"s thought and. Criminal justice system: a formal response by police, courts, and behavior prison officials alleged violations of the law. Early studies showed relationships of criminal behavior with head. Now studies show people"s overall genetic composition in combination. Containment theory: individual factors like the ability to cope with frustration and identifying positively with cultural norms and values are related to fewer problems with police whose psychological profiles are normal. Critical review: the most serious crimes are committed by those. Deviance varies according to cultural norms across canada and. People become deviant as others define them that way. Both norms and the way people define rule breaking involve social power.
