SOCL 3501 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Child Abuse, Social Control, Differential Association
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Not passing a class, not getting a driver"s license. Removal or threat of removal of positive stimuli. The way we cope with stress and negative feelings is influenced by our position in the social structure; gender, age, race, etc. (sociological part of theory) Example: men and women deal with negative affective states. Men externalize, women are more likely to internalize. Not limited to one kind of crime or deviance. Learning theories: differential association theory sutherland. People have to learn how to be criminal/ deviant, just like we have to learn how to read, ride a bike, etc. We have to learn the how to"s and the motivations behind the deviance. We learn by interacting through our significant others. We are constantly receiving messages that are favorable or unfavorable to crime and deviance. We are only going to become deviant when we have an excess of definitions favorable to crime and deviance.
