SOC 105 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Relative Deprivation, Differential Association, Subculture
12 Nov 2016
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Key Terms and Facts:
Deiae: odes of atio that do’t ofor to ors/alues held y ost eers of a
group or society (nudity/ bizarre clothing)
Deviant Subculture: subculture whose members hold values that differ substantially from those
of the majority
Sanctions: carried by all social norms → a mode of reward or punishment that reinforces
socially expected forms of behavior
Functionalist Theories:
Durkheim and Merton- deiat ehaior is the result of the struture of oder soieties
o Anomie: refers to a situation which social norms lose their hold over individual behavior
o Crime and deviance is inevitable
o Merton: deviance is a by-product of economic inequalities
o Conformists accept generally held values and conventional means of realizing them.
Innovators accept socially approved values but use illegitimate/illegal means to follow
them
o Relatie depriatio: depriatio a perso feels y oparig hiself ith a group
Interactionist Theory:
“utherlad: liked rie to differetial assoiation (criminal behavior is learned through
assoiatio ith others ho regularly egage i rie)
Priary Deiatio: the atios that ause others to lael oe as a deiat
“eodary Deiatio: ours he a idiidual aepts the lael of deiat ad acts
aordigly
Coflit Theory: the arguet that deiae is delierately hose ad ofte politial i
ature
Cotrol Theory: ies rie as outoe of a ialae etee ipulses toard riial
activity and controls that deter it. Assumes people act rationally and, given an opportunity,
ould egage i deiat ats.
Theory of Broke Widos: target hardeig ad zero-tolerance policing (any sign of a social
disorder, even appearance of a broken window, encourages more serious crime (abandoned
cars experiment)
The U.S. locks up more people per capita than any other country
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