SOC 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cesare Lombroso, Benefit Corporation, Corporate Crime

• School: University of Miami
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 101
• Professor: La Torre Aurelie

Document Summary

Set of mechanisms that create normative compliance in individuals. Norms = rules of behavior that groups develop to reflect right way to express their values. Informal and formal social control: informal = individuals applying sanctions during daily interactions. Picking nose in public and getting told off: formal social control = institutions and groups applying sanctions. Positive/negative sanctions: + = approval from following a norm, - = disapproval from not following norm. Folkways and mores: folkways = norms not strictly enforced, mores = strictly enforced norms. Norms make social life possible and bring about social order: predictability = know how people should act, social order = a group"s customary arrangements. Minor and major violations of norms: minor might be picking your nose, major is murder, normally major violations of norms is called crime, relativity of crime: Historical variation: crime varies between time periods. Street crime and white-collar crime: street crimes = crimes in public; associated with gangs, violence and poverty.