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Deviance |
Any transgression of socially established norms Informal deviance: minor transgressions Formal deviance/crime: violation of laws Deviance is relative and a social construct |
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Social norms and punishments for violating them |
change over time and from place to place |
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New asylums video |
Prison is a total institution Factors that influence the increase of mentally ill in the prison: *Mentally ill had no where else to go bc mental health institutions were shutting down due to lack of state funding *Lack of family ties and social support |
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Durkheim's fxns of deviance |
Deviance clarifies rules Deviance unites a group Deviance promotes social change |
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Strain theory |
Robert Merton argues that deviance occurs when a society doesn't give all of its members equal ability to achieve socially acceptable goals Aka means ends theory of deviance People aren't able to achieve goals bc society hasn't provided those means |
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Conformist |
Individual who accepts both the goals and strategies to to achieve them that are considered socially acceptable |
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Ritualist |
Person who rejects the socially defined goals but not the means, I.e. going to college but don't care about the goal of a big house |
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Innovator |
Social deviant who accepts socially acceptable goals but not the means to achieve them I.e. bill gates, not going to college and innovating. |
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Retreatist |
One who rejects socially acceptable means and goals by not participating in society I.e. moving to the woods |
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Rebel |
Individual who rejects both traditional goals and means to alter or destroy the social institutions from which he is alienated I.e communism |
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Normative theory of suicide |
According to Durkheim, suicide is an instance of social deviance Social integration: how well you are integrated into your social group/community Social regulation: the number of rules guiding your daily life and what you can reasonably expect from the world on a day to day basis Social isolation: being alone Anomie: learned helplessness |
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Mechanical/segmental solidarity |
Social cohesion based on sameness Found in premodern/preindustrial society. |
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Organic solidarity |
Social cohesion based on diff and interdependence of the parts, also high in specialization Found in industrial/modern and postindustrial society |
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Broken windows theory |
Philip zimbardo Social context and social cues impact the way individuals act, people who wouldn't dare exhibit a certain behavior in one social context might do so in another context where the behavior seems more permissable. |
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Labeling theory and stigma |
People unconsciously notice how others see or label them, and over time they internalize those labels and come to accept them as truth, people then behave in accordance to expectations surrounding the label they've been assigned. In this way deviance is a social construct, People are aware of the labels being placed on them and that can influence their behavior Stigma: negative social label that not only changes others behaviors towards a person but also alters that persons own self concept and social identity. |
