SY101 Chapter Notes -Labeling Theory, Xyy Syndrome, Y Chromosome
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Gaining a sociological perspective on crime and social. Norms lay out the basic guidelines for how we play our roles and how we interact with others. Social order a group"s usual and customary social arrangements. Human groups develop a system of social control, formal and informal means of enforcing norms. Explain crime and social deviance by looking for answers within individuals. Personality disorders abnormalities within the individual. Psychologists deviating individuals have deviating personalities . To account for why people commit crimes, sociologists examine such external influences as socialization, subcultural membership, and social class. Social class people"s relative standing in terms of education, occupation, and especially income and wealth. Not the act itself, but the reactions to the act that make something socially deviant. Acts perfectly acceptable in one culture may be considered socially deviant in another culture. Crime the violation of norms that have been written into law: varies from one human group to another.
