SOCB50H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Malum Prohibitum, Tim Hortons, Victimless Crime
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Two general deviance perspectives with regard to norms (gomme: objectivist (positivist) Take social norms as given and natural: assume widespread consensus. And how people can be made to conform: subjectivist (humanist) Do not take social norms as natural given norms are a product of social relations. Do not assume widespread consensus acknowledge conflict and dissent. Interested in how norms are constructed and what the consequences are. Most sociologists/criminologist are close to the subjectivist side (spectrum: interested in consensus or lack of consensus there are on norms, interested in the consequences of the norms and how they"re actually constructed. Example: street begging: there are laws against street begging, norms: Subversive because money is involved and is a dangerous gift object. Symbolism: objectivist view on people who beg: That there"s something wrong with beggars / why do they do it. How to fix them/how to control them: subjectivist view on people who beg:
