SOC 2070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Differential Association, Labeling Theory, Anomie

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2070
• Professor: Parnaby

Document Summary

Deviance, conformity and social control in canada, by tami m. bereska. *under course reserves in the library website, all readings* Thinking about social deviance and deviance as a sin : (01/10/2017)+(01/12/2017) A set of general propositions meant to explain social phenomena. Objective approaches: deviance lies in characteristics/qualities of an act or person. It means their is something about what he did or what he is that makes him deviant. Harmful but not deviant? (e. g. , soldier in combat, degrading women. ) Rare but not deviant (e. g. , winning the lottery, act of heroism. ) Common, and deviant (e. g. , tax fraud, domestic violence. ) Everyone? (how many reaction is acceptable to label deviance?) Norm violation: recurring patterns of behaviour of an environment. Bedrock of entertainment (e. g. , prank shows)/ critiques: the issue of normative. It is a shift in perception, one context to the next. ) What social processes are involved? (e. g. , legalization of marijuana in canada, from deviant to considering its legalization. )