SOCI 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Money Laundering, Premarital Sex, Labeling Theory
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Any action, belief or human characteristic that members of a society or a social group consider a violation of group norms for which the violator is likely to be censured or punished: examples: Edward sutherland (1939): crime is learned from other criminals: ex: police doing undercover work run a higher risk of beginning to participate in illegal behaviors. In jail people teach others about crime. Howard becker (1960s): most people commit some criminal acts but labeling people makes people think of themselves as criminals. 2 types of deviance: primary deviance. Temporary, explanatory behavior tends to end: secondary deviance. After labeling by the criminal justice system (cjs), behavior tends to continue. Jeffrey reiman: the rich get richer and the poor get prison: criminal justice system severely punishes street crimes but largely ignores suite crimes (white collar, penalties for suite crimes: Directed at the corporation rather than at the executives. You need a sophisticated lawyer to be sent here.
