Sociology 2259 Lecture Notes - Body Piercing, Social Contract, Moral Panic
9 Feb 2013
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Formal social control written: ex. criminal code. Informal social contract unwritten: there are behaviours we know we shouldn"t engage in but isn"t enforced. Folkways: high punishment, high importance, low punishment, low importance. What is deviant: deviance is, any behaviour which violates any rules of social order, can include written/unwritten, folkways, mores, etc, there are many type of deviant behaviours, ex. sexual deviance, mental disorders, substance abuse, crime, suicide. Institutions, rule-violating behaviour, and sanctions: different deviant behaviour occurring in differing contexts will have varying forces dealing punishments, ex. child disobedience may lead to spanking by parents, ex. absence/laziness/violations in works leads top fine/suspension/dismissal by employer. Defining deviance: dictionary definitions: deviating or straying from an accepted norm , synonyms: abnormal, look at slide to fill in. In terms of motives depends on the intentions of the person engaging in the act: ex. murder accidentally running someone over, this is different than intentional/premeditated murder.
