CRIM 104 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Subjectivism, Social Reality, Due Process
22 Oct 2016
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Something is labelled deviant because an individual or group takes offence and reacts negatively, usually in a controlling fashion. Constituted by the reactions of observers to an action: based on social reaction of environment. Objectivism: assumes that norms and laws are precise, external to the individual, and merely applied by police and other agents of social control in the process of identifying the naming crimes. Accepted beliefs of society are very clear cut same for everyone. Concerned with why people would break them. Subjectivism: emphasizes the complexity of the process of social construction of societal norms and the differential application of these rules. Learning from and reacting to social interaction parents, friends, etc. The social context: deviance and conformity may be interchangeable dependent on the: E. g. children making noises at formal settings vs an adult. Time time of day, in history. E. g. consuming alcohol in the morning, marrying at 16.
