CRM/LAW C107- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 43 pages long!)
13 Oct 2017
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Transition from regarding wrongdoing as evil to no a violation of a social norm: constructionist approach, concerned with subjectivity and how judgements of deviance came about, how certain behavior attracted condemnation (stigmatized) Deviance is defined by a diversity of groups: each group regards wrongness differently. Whether and to what extent definitions were given power. What is considered deviant varies between audiences: when do once-deviant views become unobjectionable, tolerated, embraced as coequal among members of the dominant sector of the society, civil rights. Who was considered deviant in your home town (include high school experience) note any change over time. (gang looking guys being tolerated early, then tough on crime policy sent to north park to clear up school) In the context of, deviant behavior as being acts that violate major social norms and attract, or are likely to attract, condemnation, stigma, social isolation, censure. Theory battle: sociology of deviance is made up of two enterprises, explanatory or positivistic theories.
