SOC 214 Lecture Notes - Attachment Theory, Moral Panic, Video Camera
Document Summary
Switched ideas on terms of separating the person from the condition. Social typing vs. labeling: too many people are being pushed further and further into the margins, we marginalize and prescribe, there is a shift in the world view and understanding of the people, within the movie. Formal methods of control: making the individual toss out the drugs. Arresting will not solve the problem at the street level, they recognized it wouldn"t work: video camera. Changes over times, what is deviant today wasn"t 20 years ago, extra. Strain between goals, wealth, and actually obtaining them. Attachment theory, lack of attachment to conventional bonds. Typing and labeling strongest: looking at impact and outcome. Marginalization pushing them out of societies view. What about those in a upper-class setting, they get a different label even though they may be addicts. Moral, medical, criminal, political: moral panic. Really about getting public on side with the issues.
