SOCIOL 1 Lecture 11: Lecture 11
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- Choice/ Constraint
- Choice
- Act of selecting a decision when faced with two or more possibilities
- Sociologists tend to complicate this idea
- Constraint
- Aspects of daily lives that limit our choices
- Sociological explanations to explain behavior
- Can we do whatever we want?
- In what ways are our behaviors limited?
- Use your sociological eye
- Status Crimes AKA Status Offenses
- Crimes that only apply to certain classes of people
- EXAMPLE: In the realm of juvenile law, it is a criminal action committed by a
juvenile that would not be a crime if that person were an adult
- Frequently cited for actions that apply to them because of their status as homeless
people
- Anti-homelessness laws
- A Vicious Cycle/ Circle
- A self perpetuating process which returns to its starting point with no
improvement from when it began
- What does the case of street homelessness suggest?
- Why dont we see many street people in Irvine or on UCI’s campus?
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Document Summary
Act of selecting a decision when faced with two or more possibilities. Aspects of daily lives that limit our choices. Crimes that only apply to certain classes of people. Example: in the realm of juvenile law, it is a criminal action committed by a juvenile that would not be a crime if that person were an adult. Frequently cited for actions that apply to them because of their status as homeless people. A self perpetuating process which returns to its starting point with no improvement from when it began.
