SOC 134 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Acquaintance Rape, Truancy, Participant Observation
24 Oct 2016
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Show importance of labeling for understanding deviance and role of class in assigning labels. Constantly occupied with truancy, drinking, theft and vandalism. Would get in a lot of trouble with police and community. Visibility: saints owned their own cars and were able to leave town. Demeanor: saints were apologetic and penitent; roughnecks hostile and disdainful. Bias: community is biased against type of delinquency committed by. Nancy herman studied ex-psychiatric patients through participant observation and interviews with hundreds of ex-patients in the 1980"s. The ex-patients received official and unofficial labels that affected interactions and identity. In june 2013, texas teenager ethan couch caused four deaths while driving drunk. His psychologist claimed he suffered from affluenza : he didn"t understand the consequences of his actions because his parents taught him that money can buy priviledge. In dec. 2013, a judge sentenced him to probation and therapy. Social arrangements benefit some people more than others. Stratification: the process by which social arrangements distribute.
