Sociology 2259 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Tabula Rasa, Participatory Democracy, Social Contract
22 May 2019
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How society constructs criminals out of citizens with naturally deviant personalities. How going to jail perpetuates criminal activity outside of jail. Deviance specialists study deviance (criminal and noncriminal) Criminologists focus exclusively on criminal forms of deviance. Consensus view laws arise out of social consensus and equally applied to all. Con ict view (power perspective) law is a tool used by the ruling class to serve its" own interests, therefore applied more to members of the powerless classes. Interactionist view society"s powerful de ne laws at the order of interest groups, who appeal to those in power to rectify a perceived social ill. Objective vs. subjective dichotomy: older de nitions of deviance suggested objective ways of de ning it where as newer de nitions have shifted to looking at deviance as subjective. Atavists evolutionary throwbacks whose biology prevented them (i. e. criminals) from conforming to society"s rules.
