SOC101Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 19: Youth Criminal Justice Act, Homicide, Russian Mafia
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Ns chapter 19 deviance and crime: thomas haythe (harvard graduate)- owner of 8th largest law firm in canada got drunk + groped female lawyers and employees charged with sexual harassment suit dismissed. Deviance and crime as outcomes of social control. Nonconformity becomes deviance when it produces a negative social reaction and when there are concerted public efforts to change the behavior or punish the person. Social control refers to the various means members of society use to encourage conformity to norms ad to punish violations of norms. Informal social control occurs through interactions among individuals and includes expressions of disapproval, avoidance, and the many other ways that we try to communicate and enforce what we feel are standards of appropriate behavior in our everyday lives. Self-control is one type of informal social control and the most effective at preventing rule violations. (the internal voice asking what would others think? represents self control).
