SOCIOL 147A Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Social Control Theory, Robert L. Hirsch, Homicide
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Norms change over time: cannot describe good without describing the bad women marry their husbands they were protected by their husband"s status can beat, rape, and abuse (look away) now hell no (outrage) Post 9/11 patriotism means no critique of the us laws in response to particular events (laws after victims-named) Coser excerpt (1962): touches on durkheim and mead: Crime brings together upright consciences and concentrates them -durkheim when norms are confused or unclear or nonexistent or non present leads to people deviating. Milwaukee, wi is wild issue is translating this issue and this environment into the court environment suggests that everyone from low-income would always be violent and utilize illegitimate means to become successful, but this isn"t always true. Con ict perspective (marx) deviance is inevitable when two groups have differing degrees of power within society (social inequality leads to crime): people get frustrated by inequality.
