SOC 2070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Cybercrime, Making Trouble, Nonperson
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People are deviant not just on characteristics but also dependent on particular space. Why are the visible homeless deviant (in general) Violate specific norms and values: citizenship, personal appearance, use of space. Visible homeless symbolically violate these norms and values: lazy ass, get a job! etc. Personal appearance: judge character based on how people look, value being clean and well groomed, stigmatize the dirty and disheveled. Not because i am a dirty person, its just because sometimes its just rough : i had to clean my clothes like underwear and stuff everyday, washing it at evergreen (drop in center) and blow dry it . Use of space: violate intended function, sleep in doorways, bathe in public fountain, urinate in street. Violate public/private distinction (doing things that we do in private, in public) Negative reactions range from: violence (high victimization rate, harassment (initially the harassment hits home, but over time its become white noise and loses its effect, social exclusion.
