Sociology 3357F/G Lecture 3: Week 3 - Rationalizing Deviant and Criminal Behvaiour in the Workplace
29 Oct 2018
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Charles manson"s childhood portrayed, felt like they were trying to make you feel bad about him, to humanize him. Before vs during prison footage (ratty vs in a suit) Cult following (manson had followers, bernie only one person) Sykes and matza 1957: neutralizations occur prior during and after the o ence. Bound to the dominant value system of society. Neutralize and temporarily suspend commitment to societal values freedom to commit deviant and criminal acts. We"re not all perfect but we"re not all criminals. We drift from conformity to deviance on a continuum. We use the neutralizations to drift back and forth between the roles. Denial of responsibility: pass the blame to something or someone else. Denial of injury: nothing really happened , no damage, harm or injury done, victim(s) can a ord the loss, unharmed physically. Denial of victim: victim doesn"t exist, nobody is being harmed.
