SOC 014 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7 Part 2: Deviant Behavior: Disinhibition, Depressant

• School: University of Vermont
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 014
• Professor: Lutz F Kaelber

Document Summary

Scientists measure the potency of alcoholic beverages by the percentage of alcohol they contain: when alcohol enters the body, a given quantity of alcohol translates into blood alcohol concentration (bac) This corresponds to the percent of the volume of blood that is made up of alcohol. Drinkers taken as a category are more likely to engage in risky, deviant behavior than non- drinkers: the more they drink comma the greater this tendency is. The relationship between alcohol abuse and risky deviant behavior is strongly contingent on the context that the drinking took place in. Intoxication disrupts judgment and further behavior, contributing to both further heavy drinking and deviant behavior. From a positivist perspective comma the issue that needs to be explained is why some people use illegal substances. Through my constructionist perspective, the issue is why the use of certain substances is regarded deviant.