SOC 2760 Lecture 7: FEB 7TH LECTURE 7

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 2760
• Professor: Stephanie Howells

Document Summary

Constructing deviance: what does it mean: drinking and driving example, we keep work away from entertainment leading to ppl drunk driving. Cooperate crime: we don"t see this as a major problem. Stated to stop coming up with solutions to problems (that"s not the job of a sociologist) When we analyze a problem (show up late to research, after the problem has occurred we try to solve it) How we analyze a problem (things are only problematic when we define them as such) Thesis of the book is the process of what becomes deviant and defined as a social problem is always social. Ppl/ groups who convince u that something is a problem and is a certain type of people and they do it thru rhetoric (ppl who convince u to donate to a charity) Primary vs secondary: test q- identify the secondary claims maker. Primary- direct experience w the issue they"re claiming (ex. end.