SOC-UA 1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Social Control
26 Apr 2016
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Deviance- actions/ behaviors by individuals/groups that violate social norms, either formal or informal: norms and laws can chance. Deviance or subculture: growing acceptance of differences since the 1960s and the era of personal freedom, the social media impact easier to find, see, and form a community of people who are different . Regulating deviance: for most of human history informal regulation/community sanctions have been sufficient no formal criminal justice system existed, rise of modern punishment. Late 1800s: development of modern police forces and prisons. One penitentiary per state that housed criminals. Two periods of growth: 1880-1920: simultaneous growth of criminal justice and mental institutions, went from incarnating 40/100,000 to 100/100,000. Hagan"s pyramid: modern era, evolution of social norm how harmful is something, agreement about the norm being violated census or disagreement, severity of punishment. Drugs account for the most cases of incarceration 33. 9% Individual/groups vary in their attachment to mainstream institutions.
