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| Theories based on society as a whole, rates grow out of individuals |
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| Father of sociology in order to truly understand behavior you must see the context surrounding it. Interested in suicide. |
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| Father of sociology scientifically (gathering numbers) can do this but also scientifically. Suicide we can draw a correlation from society and suicide (lose Work-Suicide, War-Suicide, family, religion) |
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Durkheim, a condition of normless-ness
• when you don’t know for sure how to behave. How you define it depends on who is around you. (new culture or experience)
• The idea of taking on a new role, or when losing norms there is a loss of roles and could cause deviant behavior (Military suicides) |
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| rules expected behaviors (social-culturally relative) |
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| All the things that a society has in common, beliefs, values, norms |
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| refuses to follow the norms or conform to the norms |
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| culture within a culture with different beliefs, values, and norms |
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| Physical food and Shelter, Safety and Security, Social Acceptance |
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| Maslow's hierarchy of needs |
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| Individuals learn ways of society in an interaction with our society |
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| Macro the larger structures of society |
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Social process theory
social structural thoeries |
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| Two classifications of sociological theory |
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| Social disorganization thoery |
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| Macro, structure, Disorganization that occurs in society-->Economic Disparity-inequality--> increases in deviance-->Culture of deviance-->culturally transmitted deviance (passed on)--> Further increases in deviance |
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| Founders of Social disorganization theory |
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| Differential Association Theory (Micro/Process) |
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| More problems in Chicago than in rural communities |
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| Founder of the Differential Association Theory |
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| subculture whose beliefs and values are so different than the majority culture, extreme, (Criminal culture, KKK, Mafia, inner-city gangs) |
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Two assumptions of culturally transmitted values
1. More poor people commit crime than the rich people, or crime is greater in poor society and less in the richer society. 2. One is more likely to commit crime in a group than as an individual. |
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| Two assumptions of culturally transmitted values |
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| Strain theory of deviance(Anomie theory of deviance) |
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Beliefs and values of the general population, Norms of society--> Goal of society--> Success=Money
The means of accomplishing that goal are Work. The strain on a person to achieve this goal but they don't want to work for it but instead be deviant. |
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| Goal-->Success=Status (Money)Try to get money to achieve a higher status. |
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| Cohen addition to strain theory |
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| Middle class measuring stick |
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| Everybody has a different meaning of success depending on the class you are in. |
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1. Strain to reach success
2. Expecting the lower class to work hard to be int he middle class (Advertisements aimed at the middle class)
4. Increase the strain the more crime |
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| improving theory (Making claim that we have a better theory than the old theory. |
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| 1. Explain all of the things that the old theory explained 2.Explain some new Example of this: Strain theory and Cloward and Ohlin's addition to that thoery. It explains stealing. They just change money to status. |
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| Theory building always includes... |
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Hirschi: Human Nature (Are the naturally good/bad, hedonistic/altruistic, selfish/selfless)
• All need controls (Children need to be controlled and disciplined)
• Delinquency grows out of the lack of control. (Those who were able to do whatever they wanted to do in life. Weren’t taught to respect authority) |
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| how we think things ought to be |
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| becker:label someone and they become it, You tell someone that they are deviant and they become deviant. Society tells people are deviant they become deviant. Societal. Need an internalization of the role to take place. |
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| Primary Deviance→Label→Secondary Deviance (Primary deviance- leads to a label. Circumstantial, no internalized role, friends talk you into it, random thought to steal something) Secondary Deviance- The result of a label |
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| All of the explanation for crime grows out of the system of capitalism |
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| All crimes grow out of capitalism |
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| Crimes committed by the upper business class (Dominate, exploit, maintain wealth) (Corporate crimes, white collar, government, social injuries) |
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1. Crimes of frustration 2. Accommodation 3. Resistance |
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| Crimes of the Lower Class |
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| Constant struggle between the top and the bottom of the triangle |
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| Founders of Techniques of neutralization |
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| Matza: most of the crime committed is committed by people who are not labeled as deviant but people who perceive themselves as good people. (Opposite of labeling theory, denying things) |
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| 1. Denial of victim 2. Denial of Responsibility 3. Denial of injury 4. Appeal to a higher code 5. Condemnation of the condemner |
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| 4-5 techniques of neutralization, Sikes and Matza |
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| "The Saints and the Roughnecks" |
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| What does "The Saints and the Roughnecks" portray |
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| We treat people in different classes in different ways |
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| Founder of labeling theory |
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| Founder of Social Control Theory |
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| Differential Associations Theory |
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| Beliefs and values effect how you act in certain situations |
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