SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Stanford Prison Experiment, American Sociological Review, Anomie

• School: WLU
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SY101
• Professor: Greg Bird

Document Summary

Deviance and crime ii: strain theory, stanford prison experiment, film clip: the experiment. Social structure and anomie, american sociological review, 3:5, october. Anomie- weak social values governing behaviour (normlessness) Strain theory: the incongruity between valued material ends and the available means to achieve them creates incentives for engaging in deviant behaviour. Not achieving american dream ^ refer to picture above: innovators- people who continue to identify with the goal. Example- criminals considered: conformity- middle class people accept their means in life and rearrange with less. If society is to function and not be in complete anomie, there would be much instability their dreams accordingly (cid:498)average person(cid:499). They don"t quite make it but find new ways to achieve innovators. (cid:498)career criminals(cid:499: ritualism- opposite to innovators. Don"t accept the cultural goal of success itself. (cid:498)i don"t believe in the american dream anyways(cid:499). Don"t care to strive for success and don"t like those who do. Example- homer simpson new means and new goals.