SOC 2106 Lecture Notes - Moral Panic, Labeling Theory, Psychopathology
20 Feb 2013
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Consensus crimes: a crime that people all agree is one, such as drinking and driving. Conflict crimes: when the public is not in agreement, such as abortion. Social deviation: when the person deviates from the norm and the act is not illegal, but society hopes to eliminate it and thinks that intervention is needed, ex. addiction, smoking. Social diversion: when your fashion or style of clothing or talking diverts from society. Vertically: people of different levels, capitalist and worker. According to labelling theory, the greater problems associated with deviance are secondary deviation" a result of social labelling. Just as people learn to be law- abiding, so too do they learn to be criminal. Moral panics have occurred over a wide range of social problems, including child abuse, and aids. Sociological explanations: studies the society and societal aspects. Deal with distinct personality traits, especially with instincts and intelligence. We want to see the effect of them on behaviour and emotions.
