SOCI 2510 Chapter Notes - Chapter 9: Puritans, Ritualism In The Church Of England, Cesare Lombroso
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Now physical traits distinguish criminals from noncriminals: william sheldon - suggests that body structure might predict criminality. People become deviant as others define them that way- by doing a deviant action, whether you are mentall ill or a criminal depends on how others perceive, define and respond to it. Deviance is not a matter of a few. Merton called this type of deviance innovation - using unconventional means (e. g. street crime) to achieve a culturally approved goal (e. g wealth: conformity having no problems. Ritualism. for example, people may believe that they cannot achieve the cultural goal of becoming rich: therefore, they rigidly stick to the conventional means (the rules) in order to at least feel respectable. The deviance of retreatists lies in their unconventional lifestyle and in what seems to be their willingness to live this way: the fourth response to failure is rebellion. like retreatists, rebels (such as radical.
