Sociology 2259 Study Guide - Final Guide: Hull House, Labeling Theory, Social Disorganization Theory
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How we experience criminality and deviance through others. We make so much money now through vicarious experience, shows such as criminal minds and csi, examines the deviant underground behaviours and the audiences find them far more interesting then every day life. We experience the thrills without taking the risk ourselves. This however is not a good reason or motivation for research because it distorts the image of deviance because it focuses on extremes. Makes deviance seem like its marginalized but deviance actually happens every day every part of our lives includes rule following and rule breaking. Lately sociology has moved away from the extreme situations and has been looking at the more normalized forms of deviance, this tells us deviance is not marginalized: reform. Often falls under policy sociology or people who are looking to change policy and public perception about some form of behaviour.
