ATS1281 Study Guide - Final Guide: Panel Data, Ethnomethodology, Signify
30 Jul 2018
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Consensus theorists: values are held in common in a society, dominant values are agreed upon (cid:271)(cid:455) so(cid:272)iet(cid:455)(cid:859)s (cid:373)e(cid:373)(cid:271)e(cid:396)s: most of theories spoken about so far fall into this category. Conflict theorists: political interests come first and interests precede values. The interest of wealth for state or business is clearly not representative of common interests, but rather such wealth serves those with power to control the state. Labelling theories became popular/a dominant explanation of crime in the late 1960s/1970s. 1960s the view that the response to crime might itself be criminogenic the reaction to deviant conduct becomes a crucial factor in understanding the behaviour itself. Deviance is socially constructed through reaction instead of action: under this theory, no behaviour is inherently deviant, your behaviour is marked as deviant when society reacts to it. Some of the more radical versions of labelling theory little to distinguish deviant behaviour from the social reaction.
