SOCI 1000U Study Guide - Final Guide: White-Collar Crime, Anomie, Control Theory
Document Summary
Ways of thinking and acting that are subject to social control. Counterculture (sub-group that challenges mainstream society) is often thought of as deviant. Social structure and anomie - robert merton (1938) Deviance emerges when there is a lack of fit between cultural goals. Merton focused on marginalized economic class as main source of strain- noting that. Normlessness, lack of ideals, lack of purpose and the means to achieve these goals deviant behaviour is most common amongst that group. Deviance could emerge when: a social structure encourages of people to seek objectives that aren"t actually available to them, people seek escape from negative condition (abuse, people have lost something of social value (a child forced to. 5 ways of adjusting to such situations move) Eg. we are in university because we have learned to value this sort of practice as part of life cycle. People learn deviant behaviour from others as well. Eg. norms that justify stealing at work.
