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| the first to study social class in Industrialized Societies; most famous for his concepts of the bourgeoisie and the proletariat, false consciousness, and alienation |
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Marxist Points
Society has two distinctive classes: |
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The Have's (bourgeoisie) = w/ power
The have-not's (proletariate) = w/o power |
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Marxist Points
Class determines... |
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Marxist Points
Norms do not arise out of...
but representing... |
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...general consensus
...the values and interests of the ruling class |
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Marxist Points
Norms are designed to... |
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| ...exploit the underclass |
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Marxist Points
Any activity that...
is labeled.. |
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...threatens their position of power
...as deviant and punished |
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Deviance and Capitalism
emphasis placed on... |
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Deviance and Capitalism
it is deviance to be... |
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| ...poor; it may even be illegal (vagrancy, homelessness, panhandling, hitchhiking) |
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Deviance and Capitalism
Social Class |
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| categories of people who share an economic position in society based on their income, wealth, education, occupation, and social connections |
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| Conflict Theory of Deviance and Crime |
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| Category of theories which hold that deviance and crime arise out of conflict between the powerful and the powerless |
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Structural Functionalist
Level of analysis?
What is deviance and role?
Importance? |
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-Macro-level
-deviance is a basic part of social organization; defining deviance allows society to set its moral boundaries
-deviance is universal; exists in all societies |
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Symbolic-Interactionist
Level of analysis?
What is deviance and role?
Importance? |
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-Micro-level
-deviance is a part of socially constructed reality that emerges in interaction. deviance comes into being as individuals label something deviant
-deviance is variable; specific social contexts |
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Social-Conflict
Level of analysis?
What is deviance and role?
Importance? |
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-Macro-level
-Deviance results from social inequality; norms (laws) reflect the interests of the powerful members of society
-deviance is political; little power => high risk of being deviant, high power => low risk of being deviant |
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The Rich Get Richer...
Jeffrey Reiman |
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-american criminal justice system is structured in a way that paints the poor as dangerous to individual safety and as a threat to society's security and stability
-this approach diverts attention from those in power allowing them to engage in Elite Crime undetected |
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| includes all aspects of white-collar crime, as well as other deviant acts perpetuated by those in power |
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| A crime committed by people of high social position in the course of their occupations |
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