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Social Control & Deviance: Understanding Societal Norms

Explore the sociological concepts of deviance and social control, delving into the history of sociology in this area, the dimensions of social control, and the varying styles and arenas of control. Understand how crime is normal and deviance is relative, with examples highlighting societal norms and behaviors. Discover the importance of social design as a means of control, examining different approaches such as penal, compensatory, and therapeutic. Gain insights into the distribution of control and key terms like deviance, conformity, and social labels.

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Social Control & Deviance: Understanding Societal Norms

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  1. Deviance and Social Control Fall 2006

  2. Outline • Crime is normal & Deviance is relative • History of sociology of deviance • From deviance to social control • 2 dimensions of social control • Style (penal, comp, etc.) • Arena (law, norms, etc.) • Design as Social Control

  3. Take-Aways • Crime is normal • Deviance is relative • Conformity-Deviance as continuum with socially designated cutoff point • Social control varies • Law as small part of social control • Norms as the “social” in social control • Sociology seeks to understand distribution of control • Terms/Concepts: deviance, conformity, norm, social control, label, detterence

  4. Crime is Normal • Durkheim: distinguish normal and pathological • Present in every society • Even a society of angels… • SOCIALLY pathological if rate too high or low

  5. Even in a society of angels

  6. It does not offend the collective because it is a crime; it is a crime because it offends the collective…

  7. Under “Acceptable” Over “Acceptable” Different All Behavior Varies and Groups Have a Collective Sense of “How we do it” • Two possibilities

  8. All Behavior Varies and Groups Have a Collective Sense of “How we do it” Another way to look at it… US US THEM THEM THEM

  9. Example: Sex, Drugs, Rock and Roll Prudes Normals Addicts

  10. Example: Student Role Slackers Normals Geeks, Nerds

  11. Example: Reading Pages Per Week 0 100 250 Gut Course Normal Insanely unreasonable

  12. Example: Abortion When can pregnancies be ended? Never! “Morning after” Pill only Conception Birth US Law

  13. Example: Premarital Sex How “far” is OK? Hold Hands Intercourse

  14. Deviance is relative • Changes from one society/group to another • Changes over time • Classic example of social construct • But still very real to the group

  15. Deviance is relative: Examples • Date rape • Honor killings • Hate crime • Enron • Fashion • Smoking • Safe sex • Littering

  16. Social Control Varies • By Arena • State • Organization • Society • By Style • PenalCompensation • Conciliation • Therapy • Prevention • Reform

  17. Black’s Styles of Social Control

  18. Social Control and Design

  19. Natural Surveillance

  20. Target Hardening

  21. Spatial Hierarchy

  22. Expressing Community Norms

  23. Make Sharing Space Easier

  24. Use Design to Facilitate Pro-pro-social Behavior

  25. IDEO’s Social Mobiles http://www.ideo.com/case_studies/Social_Mobiles/menu.html

  26. The Electric Shock Mobile http://www.ideo.com/case_studies/Social_Mobiles/SoMo1-3.html

  27. The Electric Shock Mobile

  28. The Electric Shock Mobile

  29. The Catapult Mobile http://www.ideo.com/case_studies/Social_Mobiles/SoMo1-5.html

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