SOC 2106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Frank Tannenbaum, Marxist Feminism, Ethnomethodology

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

Document Summary

If men defines situations as real, they are real in their consequences: w. i. Thomas: labelling theory, frank tannenbaum (1938) crime and community, dramatization of evil, edwin lemert (1951) social pathology, primary deviation, rule breaking, secondary deviation, agreement with societies reaction. Identifies the role of social control agencies: focuses on social interactions and reactions, not just individual pathology, distinguishes between deviant acts and deviant careers. Jack katz (1988) seductions of crime the superior morality of the deviant: wrote about how the deviant felt morally superior to everyone else. Conflict theory: power relations, conflict is rooted in the competition for power, power provides the means to influence public opinion for private gain, those in power use the law to criminalize those without power, example minority groups. Feminist theories: most study of deviance is done by men and reflects (cid:373)e(cid:374)"s u(cid:374)dersta(cid:374)di(cid:374)g, fe(cid:373)i(cid:374)ist resear(cid:272)hers are i(cid:374)terested i(cid:374) , gender differences in crime rates, women as victims of crime.