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    Chapter 7 - Deviance

    What is Deviance?
    • Deviance is any behavior or thought that violates norms in
    society
    • Sociologists reject biological explanations
    • Twin studies
    Sanctions
    • Time
    • Region
    • Culture
    • Can change

    “You’re sick, Jesse!... Sick, sick, sick!”


    Social Control
    • Social Control
    • The techniques and strategies for preventing deviant behavior
    socialized through social institutions such as the family,
    education, media, and government.
    • Informal
    • Formal
    “My Strange Addiction”
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqxWOJTovOE

    • Questions to think about:


    • Is this deviant? Why or why not?
    • Is this criminal? Why or why not?
    • What is our fascination with watching deviance?
    Both Sides of Deviance
    Positive Negative
    • Civil Rights • Breaking laws
    • Feminism • Pedophilia
    • LGBTQ • Rape
    • Peer Pressure • Cheating
    • Stealing
    Social Foundations of Deviance
    • Varies
    • How deviance is defined = become deviant
    • Involves social power
    The Functions of
    Deviance
    The Functions of Deviance
    1) Affirms cultural norms and values
    2) Provides temporary safety values
    3) Creates social unity
    4) Improves the economy
    5) Triggers social change
    Merton’s Strain Theory
    • Goals and means to achieve goals
    • But what happens when a person cannot accomplish these
    goals?
    • There is a disjunction between approved goals and ways to achieve
    those goals
    • According to Robert Merton, this is where deviance will occur (this
    refers most specifically to the difference between conformers and
    innovators).
    Deviant Subcultures

    • Relative opportunities

    • Criminal subculture
    • Greater opportunity
    • Conflict subcultures
    • Expression of frustration
    or to demand respect
    Social-Conflict views
    of deviance
    Deviance and Inequality:
    Social-Conflict Theories
    • Who carries the stigma of
    “deviant”

    • Alexander Liazos
    • Not harmful, but powerless
    • This happens for three reasons:
    • Norms and laws reflect the rich
    and powerful
    • Powerful can resist labels
    • Belief that laws and norms are
    natural
    Feminist Conflict Theory
    • Think about sexual behavior

    • Women versus men???

    • Why does this happen?


    Feminist Conflict Theory

    • Men are socially more powerful:


    • 1: In control over creating the label
    • 2: Are able to resist being labeled themselves
    Conflict Theory
    • Punishment inequality
    • “Family Matters: “Good Cop, Bad Cop”
    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DRoTHnt5Fg

    • White collar crimes:


    • Insider trading
    • Tax evasion
    • Embezzlement
    • Stealing data
    • In 2007, the Internet Crime Complaint Center received almost
    207,000 complaints, amounting to nearly $240 million in
    reported loses
    Defining Deviance:
    Symbolic Interaction
    Theories
    Sutherland’s Differential
    Association Theory

    • Deviance is learned
    • Not innate
    • Socialization process
    • Proximity to others
    • Peer pressure
    Labeling Theory
    • Social response to behavior

    • Different labels for different people


    Collective Consciousness
    • Collective Consciousness: the totality of beliefs and sentiments
    common to the average members of the same society.

    • Social oil

    • Can be multiple in one society


    Collective Consciousness
    • Deviance goes against this
    “collective consciousness”

    • Acts that threaten the


    commonly accepted values
    and norms are seen as
    deviant or abnormal
    • Pedophilia
    • Rape
    • Murder
    Labeling
    • Retrospective labeling
    • Using a person’s past behavior in light of new deviance
    • Projective labeling
    • Using deviance of a stigmatized person to predict future behavior
    • Labeling different as deviant
    • People have a tendency to treat irritating or threatening behavior
    as deviant
    • Mental illness
    Hirschi’s Control Theory
    Conformity is linked to four types of social control

    • 1: Attachment
    • 2: Opportunity
    • 3: Involvement
    • 4: Belief
    Crime
    • Crimes against the person:
    • violence or threat
    • Crimes against property:
    • Theft or damage
    • Victimless crimes:
    • No obvious victims
    Rates of Crime
    • Men
    • 63% property
    • 80% violent
    • Street crime
    • More common in low socioeconomic groups
    • African Americans versus others
    • Types of crimes
    • White collar crimes
    • https://www.cbsnews.com/news/march-3rd-1991-rodney-king-lapd-
    beating-caught-on-video/
    Uniform Crime Report (UCR)
    • https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2017/preliminary-report/
    tables/table-4/state-cuts/montana-through-ohio.xls
    The US Criminal Justice System
    • Police
    • Maintain order by enforcing the law
    • Use of discretion
    • More likely to arrest
    • Severe crime
    • Black suspect
    • Latino suspect
    The US Criminal Justice System
    • Courts
    • Most cases are resolved
    through plea bargaining
    • Wealthy versus poor
    • Four justifications for
    punishment
    • Retribution
    • Deterrence
    • Rehabilitation
    • Societal protection
    The US Criminal Justice System
    • Retribution
    • Serve/pay for your crimes
    • Fines, jail time
    • Deterrence
    • Discourage from reoccurring
    • Death penalty for stealing
    • Rehabilitation
    • Reform
    • in/outpatient services
    • Societal protection
    • Incapable of reoffending
    The US Criminal Justice System
    • Death penalty
    • US is only high income nation
    • Trend is toward fewer
    Community based corrections
    • Not been shown to reduce recidivism

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