SOC 001 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Anomie, Labeling Theory, Role Theory

• School: College of The Sequoias
• Department: Sociology (SOC)
• Course: SOC 001
• Professor: basham

Document Summary

Subcultural recruitment and socialization: (erich goode 1970, 1999) and bruce. Young people who smoke marijuana tend to share in a number of characteristics. More likely to hold more liberal political views interaction. Argue that these commonalities provide a basis for mutual attraction and. Recruitment is not random but rather drawn in. Explanations that attempt to explain why certain categories of people tend to be more involved in drug use and/or crime. Differential levels of crime and drug use among various segments of the population. Strain theory is a theory of deviance that holds that people may turn to deviance when they experience social strain. Deviance occurs when a society does not give all of its members equal ability to achieve socially acceptable goals. Culture teaches the value of material success and society fails to provide enough legitimate opportunities for everyone to succeed. Most people who experience strain will force themselves to adhere to social norms.