SOCA02H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Voting Rights Act Of 1965, Symbolic Interactionism, Labeling Theory
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Deviance and crime: from a sociological perspective, everyone is a deviant in one social context or another. Deviance: involves breaking a norm and evoking a negative reaction from others. Crime: deviance that breaks a law, which is a norm stipulated and enforced by government bodies. What is considered crime in some times and places is considered perfectly normal in other times and places (e. g. slavery was not considered illegal back in the day) Informal punishment involves a mild sanction that is imposed during face-to- face interaction, not by judicial system (e. g. raised eyebrows, gossip, shaming) Stigmatized: people that receive a negative evaluation b/c of a marker that distinguishes them from other and that is labeled as social unacceptable. Formal punishment: takes place when the judicial system penalizes someone from breaking the law (e. g. serve time in prison, or perform community service) Types of deviance and crime vary in terms of: severity of social response, perceived harmfulness, degree of public agreement.
