SOC 1100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Consanguinity, Visible Minority, Radical Feminism

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC 1100
• Professor: Deanna Behnke- Cook

Document Summary

Crime: the violation of formally enacted criminal laws. Social control: attempts by society to regulate people"s thoughts and behaviours. People become deviant as others define them that way. Both norms and the way people define rule breaking involves social power - Responding to serious deviance brings people together. The extent and type of deviance people engage in depends on whether a society provides the means to achieve cultural goals. The strain generated by our culture"s emphasis on wealth and the lack of opportunities to get rich encourage people to engage in stealing, drug dealing, and other forms of crime. Deviance innovation: using unconventional means to achieve a culturally approved goal. Deviance or conformity results from how people respond to the actions not the actions themselves. Primary deviance- things like skipping school and underage drinking has little effect on a person"s self concept. Secondary deviance- a person repeatedly violates a norm and begins to take on a deviant identity.