SOC100H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Relativism, Social Forces, Social Fact

• School: UTM
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC100H5
• Professor: Nathan Innocente

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Ambiguity: while some consensus may form around definitions of deviance, it is often found in the eye of the beholder" deviance is often temporally and culturally situated o. Statistical definition o o o o common conditions determine what is normal or deviant falling outside norm = deviant statistical minority represents deviance ex. adolescents who don"t drink or commit a crime are considered deviant. Relativist definition o o o o deviance is a social product recognition, whatever people react to and label as deviant becomes deviant ex. Madd - drunk driving as a serious social ill not inherently bad until ^ Prescientific approaches o o o: witchcraft/paganism: isolate o supernatural deviance: act of the supernatural, outside of human control demonic deviance parables and myth sin: taboo or going against social norms that are considered sin. Classical approaches o o: beccaria, bentham: hedonistic and felicific calculus - language of legitimacy ex. if pleasure out ways pain: deterrence.