SOCIOL 2C06 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Meritocracy, Group Conflict, Marxist Feminism
12 Dec 2016
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Deviance is real, and it is certain types of behaviours. Violate social norms, cause social harm, aren"t normal . Goal: understand causes, offer solutions: subjective. No behaviour is deviant, it"s in the eye of the beholder. Relative: historical relativity, cross-cultural relativity, situational relativity, gendered relativity. Biological (sick bodies: theory of atavism (lombrosso) A born criminal can be anatomically identified by physical stigmata . Studied dead bodies of prisoners and noticed bigger heads, asymmetrical faces, hairier: somatotype theory (sheldon) receding hair, big ears, full lips. Endomorphs: heavier, shorter, lazier, more emotional, easy going. Ectomorphs: taller, lean, frail, sensitive, loner, worries a lot. Mesomorphs: bulky, average height, strong, aggressive, insensitive (most likely to get into trouble: twin studies (christiansen) Compared criminal records of fraternal and identical twins. 35% of identical twins shared a criminal record. 15% of fraternal twins shared a criminal record: adoption studies. Among criminals, locate all adoptees and compare criminal records of biological vs. adoptive families.
