SOC211H5 Lecture 9: Power, Justice and Deviance
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Labelling theory: 60s and 70s were times of social rebellion, hard to maintain social control because their was opposition to all forms of authority (parental, political, social, 1960"s: suspicion of authority, exploitation, oppression: through this society was exploited, cjs big part of exploitation of society because it is now a form of social control. Criminal justice system: criminalization of dissent, oppression of weak: if you have power youre not easy to oppress, therefore poor, weak individuals are the most oppressed by the cjs, production: crime/criminals: justice system is a system of producing crime, therefore people go against it and ultimeatly become makers of crime. Edwin lemert: label: usual a negative description to describe someone (i. e. gang members" or drug dealers", negatively describe and classify, membership in socially disapproved class: a negatively talked about group in societ, stigmatized routes: positive vs. negative roles, may de stigmatize overtime, gambler, homosexual.
