SOC212H1 Lecture Notes - Snowball Sampling, Prison Officer, Body Piercing
19 Mar 2013
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Lots of people reacted to the news: group approach. Most deviance covert and secretive: some exceptions: youthful deviance (ie. don"t do it alone, do it together), political groups (neo-nazis, white supremacists, etc. ) Participant observation: this is where sociologists become actively involved (immersed), could also engage in deviant behavior as part of the research, ex. Jim markford correctional officers brutality against inmates in. Texas (and to observe how officers and inmates interact with each other) he became a correctional officer; he acknowledges initially that it was difficult to be accepted by other officers. Eventually he was accepted and witnessed some brutal acts: extremely difficult; requires you to simultaneously become an insider and an outside. Limited sample (the people you talk to may not be representative of all prostitutes) Relies on initial informants, but it also relies on whoever you"re referred to. (contacts can dry up, they don"t want to talk to you)
