SOCY 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Differential Association, Erving Goffman

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCY 100
• Professor: Alex Parkhouse

Document Summary

Deviance and consumption: use of illegal goods and services is considered deviant, commitment of deviant/illegal act to be able to afford to consume. Suggest that since deviance and crime are common in every society they are normal and serve positive functions for society and social structures. Deviance and crime are functional because responses to them clarify what beliefs are collective, reaffirm norms/values, and create social solidarity. Source of deviance is the larger structures of society and the strains they produce/the fact that they do not exercise appropriate control over people. Intersection of attitudes and social behavior (durkheim) Strain: caused by a discrepancy between the larger societal structure (especially what they value) and the structural means to achieve what is valued, strain adaptations. Social control: a variety of social bonds means people are less likely to commit acts of deviance (family, friends,