SOC101Y1 Lecture Notes - Arson
Document Summary
Male initiation rites: not in the action, but in the minds of the ones doing the action. Deviance: involves breaking a norm & eliciting a negative response from others. Informal punishment: mild and may involve raised eyebrows, gossip, ostracism or. Stigmatization: when people are negatively evaluated b/c of a perceptible sign that distinguishes them from others. Formal punishment: results from people breaking laws, which are norms stipulated and enforced by gov"t bodies. Social diversions: minor acts of deviance such as participating in fads. Social deviations: more serious acts a larger proportion of people agree they are deviant and somewhat harmful, and they are usually subject to institutional sanction. Conflict crimes: illegal but the definition is controversial in the wider society. Consensus crimes: widely agreed to be bad in themselves. Power: the probability that one actor within a social relationship will be in a position to carry out his or her own will despite resistance.
