SOCI 1100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Embezzlement, Relative Deprivation, Bernard Madoff

• School: Fordham University
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI 1100
• Professor: James Kelly

Document Summary

Deviance and crime additional information from professor kelly. Social life is controlled by norms (the principal and rules people are expected to observe, the dos and don"ts of society) Mentions the mafia- people would contradict american norms and would begin to reform and integrate into society. Deviant actions vs crime, not one in the same. Deviance- nonconformity to a set of norms that are accepted by a large group of people. Murder is a crime and deviant, but belonging to a cultish group or dressing abstractly are deviant but not crime. Underage drinking and speeding are crime, but not deviant because they are accepted by norms. Mlk and civil rights movement is an example of illegal activity that was deviant to achieve justice. Norms teach us self control from a young age. We subconsciously adapt to the norms set before us.