SOCI 1000U Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Attachment Theory, Mental Disorder, Travis Hirschi
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Deviance: someone departs from a norm and evokes a negative reaction from others. Crime: deviance that is against the law (a norm stipulated and enforced by government bodies) Types of deviance and crimes vary in terms of: severity of the social response, perceived harmfulness, degree of public agreement. Mild to severe: social diversion, social deviation institutional rule, conflict crime punishable by the state (not all people agree, consensus crime all people agree. Feminist theory: changes over time in the distribution of power between women and men influence the degree to which crimes against women are identified and prosecuted, and the degree to which women become criminals. All societies engage in: seeking to ensure that their members obey norms and laws, imposing sanctions on rule breakers. The degree of social control varies over time and place. The prison: goals of incarceration, opportunity for rehabilitation, means of deterrence, institutions of revenge, institutions of incapacitation.
