Sociology 2140 Lecture Notes - Social Change, Structural Functionalism, The Sociological Imagination
9 Oct 2012
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We are studying patterns of behaviours that people believe warrants public concern. Speeding was an issue, looked into it assigned tickets. Didn"t change, so now its if you"re caught speeding 50 over your license gets taken away. How does pattern of behaviour such as a violence get defined as a social problemharm a number of people, or when individuals are seen as harmful. It is defined when its identified by a number of people this person might not be present a proper way and there might be a problem. Social problems are examined primarily through the focus of society. Some social problems like violence and crime are commonly viewed to affect all members of the community. Some social problems are viewed to affect all members of society. Other social problems: sexual harassment, racial discrimination are viewed to affect only some members of society. Significant discrepancies between the ideal of societies and their actual achievement: ex: discrimination heightens existing in equality.
