SOC 214 Lecture Notes - Edwin Sutherland, Social Control, Differential Association
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Deviance is only one part of the story, page 2 images of deviance: the label doesn"t exist unless its constructed, constructed by those in power. Issues of social typing, and how we type people based on these definitions. Inner-city youth does not have access to resources that hold the power: you have to look at both sides lower class deviance vs. upper class deviance. Edwin sutherland university of chicago 1947. Advanced chicago school thinking: crime, criminal law, mental illness, prostitution, ect. Edwin explained why some people engaged in deviant and criminal behaviour and others do not. Focused on definitions defined as normative meanings that are assigned to behaviour: what"s differential associated was not people, but definitions. Most of us are exposed to both kinds of definitions favorable and unfavorable. Edwin"s main premise is that people learn deviance through social interaction: through family and peer groups.
