Sociology 2266A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Differential Association, Consumerism, Anomie
3 Feb 2017
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Strain, learning, and subculture theories: a consensus paradigm. Mechanical society = enforces uniformity (law isn"t necessarily a big. Organic society= regulates interaction (law is needed) Norms are weak, conflicting due to crisis or social change. Anomie enhanced with change and greater complexity (lessening solidarity) Takes anomie theory and reformulates it into the strain theory. Goals of society were not natural/ culturally induced. Explains why crime concentrated in certain groups. Trying to explain the dysfunction of society. Permanent feature of underclass, not occurring just during periods of upheaval. 1st to incorporate inequality and crime nexus. Women have anomie but low rates of crime (?) Definition: habits and knowledge gained from experience and. Acquire habits through association between stimuli and response. We learn specific techniques and motives, rationalizations, and. Excess of definitions favourable to delinquency over definitions. Strength determined by unfavourable leads to crime. Example of rationalizations that can be learned through association. Serve to neutralize external/internal controls and help reject norms.
