SOC 2106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Ulrich Beck, Peter Blau, Social Conflict Theory

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2106
• Professor: Sam Alvaro

Document Summary

Sense of injustice is based on comparison: rich and poor live in close proximity, causes discontent, violence and crime escalate, rich retreat to gated communities. Explains: middle- and upper-class deviance, why crime rates go up during times of affluence. Contribution to sociology of deviance: deviance is a response to inequality, deviance is class-linked. Key issue: all people are tempted to be deviant, why do they not commit deviant acts. Research: self-report surveys to identify good boys in bad neighborhoods. If these 4 bonds are connected then they will not commit deviance. Braithwaite: reintegrative shaming (1989: disintegrative vs. reintegrative, highly influential in restorative justice. Ulrich beck: risk society (1992) **controlling risk*: risk is the central organizing principle in society, crime prevention. Fear of punishment results from: certainty of punishment, severity of punishment, celerity (speed) of punishment **exam** Is offense-specific and offender-specific: varies from crime to crime and group to group. Needs to be communicated: e. g. , through the media.