SOCL 2001 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Corporate Crime, Anomie, Offender Profiling
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Deviance: violation of norms (cid:862)it is (cid:374)ot the a(cid:272)t itself, (cid:271)ut (cid:396)ea(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s to the a(cid:272)t, that (cid:373)akes so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g de(cid:448)ia(cid:374)t(cid:863) (cid:894)be(cid:272)ke(cid:396)(cid:895) Relativity of deviance: because groups have different nor(cid:373)s (cid:449)hat is (cid:272)alled de(cid:448)ia(cid:374)t varie . Deviance: violation of norms codified by laws=crime, does(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e to (cid:271)e a(cid:374) a(cid:272)t, stigma: trait that brands people as deviant, sociologists see deviance as a neutral term. Deviance and sociological perspective: symbolic interaction, differential association theory (sutherland) (cid:862)ha(cid:374)gi(cid:374)g (cid:449)ith (cid:449)(cid:396)o(cid:374)g (cid:272)(cid:396)o(cid:449)d(cid:863) Learn new norms: some gangs: to be a man, you have to kill, some youth: honor is central, any insult must be counteracted to maintain it, control theory (reckless) Idea that two control systems work against our tendencies to deviate. I (cid:272)ould(cid:374)"t help (cid:373)yself: denial of injury, who really got hurt, denial of a victim, do(cid:374)"t you thi(cid:374)k they dese(cid:396)(cid:448)ed that, afte(cid:396) (cid:449)hat they did, condemnation of the condemners, who are you to talk, appeal to higher loyalties.
