REC 265 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Binge Drinking, Anomie, Differential Association
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Taboo recreation- there are delinquent activities that bring pleasure to the participant but to society, they are considered as negative uses of free time: pastimes that are forbidden by law, custom, or belief. Ex: drinking alcohol 1,172,000 arrests for dui, high school age. Drinking leisure drinking: 44% of college students are regular binge drinkers, 1,400 actually die, 25% miss class, fall behind, fail. Other types of taboo recreation: drug leisure, vandalism. Can"t gamble on sports (except in vegas) Ex: casinos, certain states, indian reservation sites. Purple recreation comes from the color and tone of when taboo recreation takes place (nighttime: not always bad or evil leisure but if it is frequently approaches that extreme. Taboos differs in societies and change over time. Taboo recreation depends on what your value lines are: ex: binge drinking is just a harmless phase that college students go through.
