SY101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Social Control, Copernicus Programme, Symbolic Interactionism
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Any behaviour, belief, or characteristic/condition that violates cultural norms: behaviours. Relative (socially defined: cultures consider different things normal . What is be deviant in one culture may be accepted in another: labelling theory people"s reaction to the act that makes it deviant, not the action itself. Negative reactions (attempts to change behaviour and/or punish person: social control. Stigmatization negatively evaluating people because of a stereotype that distinguishes them from others. Victimless crimes violations of the law where no victim has stepped forward and been identified. Self-report surveys people are asked to report their involvement in criminal activities (as perpetrators or victims) Victimization surveys people are asked whether they have been victims of crime. Medicalization of deviance process of applying medical definitions to deviant behaviour (e. g. , alcoholism, homosexuality: 1700"s dsm had only 1 mental disorder (insanity, now dsm has 294 mental disorders. Deviance that is defined by norms, formalized in criminal law.
