SOC 2760 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Argot, Rank, Spinach

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2760
• Professor: Stephanie Howells

Document Summary

Push (abuse) and pull (what"s attracting them ex money or reputation) factors. Recruitment (active: intimidation asking young ppl and force them into the atmosphere and passive: exploiting own social networks for member"s ex asking friends if they wanna join) Trust and signaling: crime loyalty toughness burning bridges. The gang and the other: whether or not the member has ambivalence to public. Deviant careers : how to think of deviance as a progression over time, ex watching the change of ppl overtime on the street in gangs norms and values. Value of violence (disciplined): don"t want attention so they look for ppl who know when violence is appropriate. Business sense: members have to be relatively good at business (on the street, ex how to network) Masculinity and femininity: for guys- tough and violent for women- can"t be aggressive and tough since its not normal in their standards, they expect girls to be feminine.