deviance ppt

7/29/2019 Deviance Ppt

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Essential Question

In what ways does

crime and deviancemold culture?


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Crime and Deviance from the

Symbolic Interactionist,Functionalist, and Conflict

perspectives of sociology


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Symbolic Interactionist

Differential Association Theory

Control Theory

Labeling Theory


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Differential Association (SI)

Sutherlandproclaims that deviation is learnedthrough the different groups that we associate with

Who we associate with gives us mixed messages

about conformity and the end result may tilt us inthe direction of deviation


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Control Theory (SI)

Inner controls (morality) and Outer controls(people) influence us not to deviate

Attachments, Commitments, Involvements, and

Beliefs (SELF-CONTROL) fosters strong innercontrols

Continued interactions with various symbols thatkeep one from deviating should start early in

childhood


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Scenario for Control Theory

There is pressure to take drugs at a party

Most people at the party are taking drugs, and simplecuriosity pushes you into the mind frame toparticipate as well

Inner conscience and parental influence andteacher influence (outer) alert you to danger

What to do? Follow the pushes or your inner andouter controls?


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Labeling Theory (SI)

Focus on significance of labels that we are givenwhich influence our self-concept.which, in turn, actas a diversion to deviance or sends us along a path ofdeviance

Most people do resist these labels even while beingdeviants (see techniques of neutralization handout)


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Please remember:

*It is impossible to follow EVERY societal norm ALLof time.it is therefore necessary to justify small actsof deviance to neutralize the moral demands ofsociety.

*Sociologists have research that shows that peoplewill deflect labels through a variety of techniques.

They will deny responsibility, deny injury, deny thevictim, condemn the condemner, and appeal tohigher loyalties


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Denial of Responsibility

I couldnt help myself

Its not my fault

It was an accident.


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Denial Of Injury

I wasnt hurting anyone

I was just fooling around


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Denial of Victim

They deserved it.

I was getting him/her back for.


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Condemning the Condemner

Who are you to accuse me.


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Appeal to Higher Loyalties

I had to help my friend

Wouldnt you have done the same?


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The Functionalist Perspective~ Theory one~

Durkheim states that crime contributesto the maintenance of social order

Deviance performs 4 functions Clarifies Moral Boundaries

Affirms Norms

Promotes social unity

Promotes social change


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~Theory Two~It begins with the myth

ALL AMERICANS CAN AFFORDMANY OF SOCIETYS GOODS

AND SERVICES(the American Dream)


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One of the most fundamental social values is to

train the most talented people to take over jobs insociety, whether they are wealthy or

impoverished, in order to keep up with modern

society (Cloward and Ohlin, 1960)

Society therefore tries to motivate everyone

including the poor, primarily through the media,

into wanting to own things. showing the middle

class and others enjoying many luxuries tosucceed therefore competition is created

Competition to reach the American Dream


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?What happens when people experienceunequal access to the institutionalized means

necessary to succeed?

Pimping, drug dealing, gambling, even white

collar crime ( DID YOU KNOW>>>>that white

collar crime costs more (in dollars) than streetcrime?) or otherillegitimate opportunities aretaken to deal with the STRAIN, and/or achieve

set goals

In other wordscrime becomes functional


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They are still exposed to the AmericanDreamthat is hard to obtain nowthey

become discontented or a dissatisfaction

with ones self, frustrated with the will to

better ones self in order to

compete.but no longer has the means to

do so

.this is called

STRAIN (F)

The all stratification levels

begin their education (an

institutionalized mean)The middle class runs the

public school sectorby

high school it does not

serve the impoverished

culture.some drop out

(see demographics for dropouts)

~Example One~


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~Example Two~

(Sutherland

studied whitecollar crime)

A wealthy woman works for a

corporation. A great life. Is living the

American Dream. She is exposed to

colleagues that have a yacht, travelabroad, are trading in their 5 bedroom

homes for 7 bedroom homes.she has

done everything she can to be

promotable for some reason she had

not received the promotion. (In other

words, her institutionalized mean has

broken down)

She is stressed and frustrated and

feels the

discontent.STRAINED.She begins

embezzling money.an illegitimateopportunity (a crime in this case) that

helps her achieve more of the

American Dream

Crime is

functionalan

illegitimate

opportunity to

achieve the

American Dream


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To summarize:

Goals or high status and wealth are desiredandthen a higher status and more wealth

BUTsociety withholds institutionalized means

Therefore STRAIN (F) or frustration turns intodeviance

As a result people participate in illegitimateopportunity and/or experience anomie (another oneof Durkheims concepts)

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er on s ra n eory(refer to the handout)

Merton studied ANOMIE a feeling of normlessnessis felt by those that experiencing strain

Since working and getting and education do not getthem close to pursuing the American Dream theycannot identify with the norms

Therefore, societys norms seem illegitimate


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M O V I E A N D A S S E S S M E N T P A P E R

Roger and Me and Social Strain


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The Conflict Perspective and Deviance


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Where is the conflict?

Deviance is the strugglebetween those that

own the means of production and those thatdo not

Main Social Conflict social inequality and power


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The power elite protectsits power by passing laws

that ensures that anyonethat threatens the power

goes to prison


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Stratification within U.S. Society

Capitalists: buy labor and control the workers

Working Class: those who sell their labor

Marginal Working Class: those who have few skillsand are subject to layoffs, have low pay for the

labor they sell, are part-time or seasonal This class supplies our prison system

Desperation leads to street crime, which leads to severepunishment because that crime comes in conflict with social order

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Additional information on the conceptscovered in this packet can be found in

Chapter 8 or your text. Sign out a book if

you the supplemental information!


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