CH. 6 Inquizitive
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what in broad terms is the definition of social deviance
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any transgression of socially established norms
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in the laboring theory, whats the difference between primary deviance and secondary deviance
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primary- initial offense secondary-eventual effect of primary primary leads to labeling, and the labeling then prompts secondary deviant behavior
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according to Robert Merton, what makes someone a social deviant?
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- not recognizing/ socially accepting approved goals - failure to recognizing/ accept socially approved means of achieving ones goals
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(T/F) term \"deviant\" refers to a moral, not a social judgement
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False. - it is about a particular group's judgement of behavior and not a universal or moral judgement
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In the US, imprisonment as a method of punishment was rare until what century?
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19th (bc it takes a lot of resources and money which weren't available even though they wanted too)
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Ex. of differential association theory
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- Justin begins using drugs daily after hanging out with a group of peers who pressured him to do so -Stacie finds some classmates defacing the woman's bathroom with spray paint and joins them.
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(T/F) Out of Robert Merton's list of 5 personality types - conformity, innovator, ritualist, retreatist, and rebel- all but one is deviant according to Merton's definition.
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True. -conformity is the only one
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primary deviance
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first act of rule breaking
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secondary deviance and stigma
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a label that alters self-concept and social identity -secondary- behavior triggered by other people's reactions to an initial act of deviance -stigma- may be linked to something over which a person has no control over (skin color)
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retreatist vs. rebel
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-like complementary cousins -rejects both goals/ means of society -react in opposite ways retreatist: retreats rebel: attacking (literally or metaphorically)
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what are the distinguished features of a symbolic interactionist theory of social deviance
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- a focus on individual psychology rather than on the social dynamics of large populations - a recognition of the impact of assigning labels to behaviors and to people
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Ex. of deviance avowl
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A smoker tells his friends and family to help him quit by acknowledging that even though he may quit, he will always be a smoker bc the addiction is lifelong.
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deviance avowl
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man self-identifies as a deviant and initiates his own labeling process
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crime that has smaller financial impact
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street crime
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white collar crim
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-does not involve force -committed in a different setting -committed by a different group of people
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ex. of social control in the US
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- parents remind children not to pick their nose -compulsory schooling laws for high school aged students
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incapacitation
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solution that does not inform the individual but protects the society (guy on death row ex.)
