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Deviance and Social Control

Deviance and Social Control. Chapter 8. Social Control. Sanctions Informal and Formal ____________ Going along with peers ____________ Complying with an authority. Obedience: Milgram (1963). “ ____________ ” experiment Seeking explanation for NAZI’s Predictions:

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Deviance and Social Control

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  1. Deviance and Social Control Chapter 8

  2. Social Control • Sanctions • Informal and Formal • ____________ • Going along with peers • ____________ • Complying with an authority

  3. Obedience: Milgram (1963) • “____________” experiment • Seeking explanation for NAZI’s • Predictions: • Psychiatrists … ______ percent • General Public … _______ percent • Reality: • _______ percent delivered all shocks!

  4. Deviance • What is it? • Determined by ____________ • Time/Place • Social ____________ • Beauty Myth

  5. Functions Purposes of Deviant Behavior • Group ____________ • Distinguish behavior • Ease ____________ • Create ____________ • Jobs

  6. Functionalist Perspective • Structural Strain “______” Theory • Robert K. Merton • ____________ • Conformer-A/A • ____________ • Ritualist-R/A • ____________ • ____________

  7. Interactionist Perspective • Cultural ____________ Theory • (Differential Association) • Edwin Sutherland • Deviance ____________

  8. _________ _________ Deviant _________ Accused ________ Deviant Interactionist Perspective • ____________ Theory • Howard Becker • Primary / Secondary Deviance Obedient Norm Breaker NOT Perceived as Deviant Perceived as Deviant

  9. Interactionist Perspective • ____________ Theory • Travis Hirschi (& Durkheim) • Deviance is ____________ • Community Bonds reduce deviance

  10. ConflictPerspective • Richard Quinney • People in Power make rules based on ____________ morals • Ex: ____________ • ____________ is unfair to poor and minorities

  11. FeministPerspective • Similar to ____________ …$$ rules! • Men have more $$, make rules • Women ____________ to report crimes • Women viewed ____________ • Ex: SEX - ____________ • Women: Less arrests due to fewer opportunities in business & power

  12. Social Problem of Crime • ____________ - Misdemeanor • Violent Crimes • ____________ Crime • Organized Crime • ____________ Crimes??

  13. AMERICAN CRIMINAL-JUSTICE SYSTEM Police Courts have the most control over who is arrested for crimes; use police discretion, which has raised the controversial issue of racial profiling determines the accused’s guilt or innocence in a court trial and then assigns a punishment; actually settles 90 percent of cases through plea bargaining Corrections Juvenile-Justice System includes probation, imprisonment, parole; serves four functions—retribution, deterrence, rehabilitation, and social protection applies to offenders younger than 18; guarantees juvenile defendants the same legal rights and privileges as adults; often provides more services

  14. Crime Rates (Statistics) • Men v. Women • Female arrests increasing • ____________ • ____________ • Decline Nationally • National Crime ____________ Surveys

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