ANTHRO 102 Lecture Notes - Lecture 23: East Los Angeles College, Social Control
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Social norms expected forms of behavior in a society. Deviance is a violation of social norms. Sanctions are institutionalized ways of encouraging people ton conform to the norms. Punishment is often through naming and shaming. Punishment is legitimized through belief in supernatural forces. Increased specialization of tasks relating to law and order. Process is more formal and based on law. People that can"t afford protection are victims of the system and the government weeds-out. Eliminates the poor and needy, it"s kind of a social natural selection. The idea of the purge is based on the american value on individualism, not caring for anyone else but yourself and maybe your immediate relatives. Only rich have the power to be safe during the purge. It entitles people to kill and torture. The government control the people by regulating aggression and mediating the violence that is natural for human beings. Allows people a release of all the hatred they have inside.
