SOCI 205 Lecture Notes - Lecture 29: Anomie, Individualism
22 Dec 2016
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Agreed rule of conduct agreed by all. Crime: exceeding the speed limit and underage drinking . Common between deviance and crime: murder and sexual assault . Sanctions: positive(rewards) or negative(punishments) enforcements of norms. Negative sanctions varies e. g. dancing in public family looking like are u crazy: can be formal or informal. Sociological theories: definition of deviance depends on a society"s culture and social institutions, people decide collectively on what is deviant and what is not, powerful people and groups have greater influence over definition of deviance. Situation in which social norms lose their hold over individual behavior. Negative sanctions on norm or law breakers. Social causes of suicide: mental illness, etc. Suicide rates varies by religion: protestants > catholics>jews. Protestants: emphasize direct, personal relationship with god. Protestantism: challenged integrative structures of catholics: protestant: weaker community ties, this will cause high level of anomie and causes suicide rates to increase among them.
