SOCI 1810 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Labeling Theory, Ritualism In The Church Of England, White-Collar Crime
29 May 2017
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Transgressions from social norms (expected ways of behaving) From bad manners to crime (violation of laws). Subject to punishment such as statements, making the subject invisible, policed by what is unseen Ex: no one is taking the wallet on the ground, so i shouldn"t either. No act is considered deviant until it is defined as deviant. Ex: murder is wrong but solders are supposed to kill enemies but are not charged for murder. Social cohesion (degree to which people are connected and shapes what we define) shapes what we define as deviant. Informal and formal social sanctions police deviant behaviors. Informal: unwritten/unspoken rules (things that we just kind of watch) Social forces influence suicide rates in a particular community of people. Egoistic: low integration in society ex: protestantism (commits highest rates or suicide) Altruistic: too much integration in society ex: military (highest ranked members) Anomie (normlessness) and anomic suicide: too little integration ex:
