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27 Cards in this Set
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Deviant Behavior
Definition |
Violations of normative expectations
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Deviant Behavior
Causes |
Inappropriate socialization
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Deviant Behavior
Conditions |
Restricted opportunities to learn conventional ways, increased opportunites to learn deviant ways
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Deviant Behavior
Consequences |
Costly, firm establishment of illegitimate social worlds. Establishes negative role models.
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Deviant Behavior
Solutions |
Resocialization and open opportunity structure
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Deviant Behavior
Theorists |
Merton, Cressey
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Deviant Behavior
Critique |
Only explains individual behavior
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Labeling
Definition |
Social Reactions to an alleged violation of rules or expectations
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Labeling
Causes |
The attention it receives from the public or social conrol agents
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Labeling
Conditions |
Labeler is in position to gain from labeling, must have a label to apply and must have power to make it stick
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Labeling
Consequences |
May lead to the reordering of human relations. Secondary deviance
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Labeling
Solutions |
Definitions can be changed, profit can be taken out of labeling
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Labeling
Theorists |
Mead, Becker
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Labeling
Critique |
Too much focus on definitions of deviance
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Critical Perspective
Definition |
Situations that develops out of the exploitation of the working class
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Critical Perspective
Causes |
Capitalism and social class domination inherent in the capitalist structure
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Critical Perspective
Conditions |
Class domination and conflict, and fluctuations in the business cycle
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Critical Perspective
Consequences |
That social problems will cycle but steadily increase with the development of capitalism
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Critical Perspective
Solutions |
Political activism: reform or revolt. Achievement of a classless society
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Critical Perspective
Theorists |
Marx, Wagner
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Critical Perspective
Critique |
Laws benefit all classes
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Social Constructionism
Definition |
The cyclic process of claimsmaking and policy formation concerning phenomena that is thought to be trobelsome, widespread, changable, and in need of changing
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Social Constructionism
Causes |
Claimsmaking
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Social Constructionism
Conditions |
Interaction between complainants and agencies
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Social Constructionism
Consequences |
Social movements, natural history stages of social problems
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Social Constructionism
Solutions |
Offers no solutions, only describes the process
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Social Constructionism
Theorists |
Spector, Best
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