SY103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Anomie, Labeling Theory, American Sociological Review
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Crime: offence that breaks the law, has legitimate punishments, and requires authorized intervention, we look at deviance as social causes and social variances, violating health norms, cultural norms (eccentric or different), acts outside of the group. If viewed as abnormal you are often devalued and discredited by society. Pew global attitudes survey (2007) (cid:862)most people in society are trustworthy? (cid:863: non-profit, the more democratic a country is the better the economy, for democracy to flourish people need to trust each other. I(cid:374) studies the (cid:1006) a(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:272)o(cid:374)(cid:374)e(cid:272)ted (cid:271)ut (cid:272)(cid:396)i(cid:373)e a(cid:374)d (cid:272)o(cid:396)(cid:396)e(cid:272)tio(cid:374: from 47 countries, they asked do you trust ppl in your country, china, sweden, canada. Sanctions: positive or negative means to ensure conformity to socially approved standards (often in terms of behaviours). Informal punishment: a mild sanction that is imposed during face-to-face interaction, rather than by the juridical system. Formal punishment: penalized by the juridical system for breaking a law.
