SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Collective Action, Group Cohesiveness, Bsc Young Boys
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Smiley always smiled at the most improbable times. Victor, a friend, is now associate professor victor rios. Hard work is not enough, must also be an opportunity trajectory to lead out of poverty. Aggressive policing strategies have effectively criminalized young boys in poor neighborhoods. Social deviance any transgression of socially established norms. Ex: farting in church or serious as murder. Breaking the rules by which most people abide. Informal deviance no punishment but a sense of wrongdoing/guilt. Crime (formal deviance) the violation of laws enacted by society. People and behavior have been variously called deviant depending on what. Ex: premarital sex in puritan colonies social exile vs. america culture and historical period they happen to fall in accepted. Ex: homosexuality 4 years ago vs. now. Changes in laws signal shifting social values and changes in social norms (increased tolerance of sexual and racial diversity) Does not necessarily require outlandish activity on the part of the social misfits.
