SOC224 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Human Rights Watch, Dignity
20 Apr 2021
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Think of objective and subjective approaches as on a continuum: objective-subjective continuum, objective the presence of a specific trait is what defines deviance. Focus on the deviant act itself (deviant acts exist a priori to the analysis and can be recognized by specific characteristics: deviance can be identified based on some objective trait. Defining features of deviance: statistical rarity, harm, societal reaction, normative violation. We learn moral codes through socialization into the culture. Focus on social process by which certain people, actions, or characteristics come to be perceived as deviant and treated accordingly. Suggest we can"t recognize deviance and treat accordingly, instead must be taught that certain people, actions, characteristics are deviant: core to this approach --> power. Those with power get to decide what characteristics and behaviors are acceptable: different ideas about how gangs have been understood and defined. Where are cultural ideas about beauty come from,
