SOC211H5 Chapter 1: SOC211 Chapter 1
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Vicarious experience de nition: living the apparently more exciting lifestyle than others. We can experience the thrill without taking risks of deviance. Leads us to study rare specimens of deviance. Result in concentration on violent, sexual, and crazy acts of deviance distracts us from cheating, exploiting, and living on the edge. Search for reform sometimes outruns out tested knowledge (lack of self esteem causes deviance can result in programs that produce proud delinquents rather than ex-delinquents) Belief that understanding means of excusing often interferes where reform is the motivation (think like the predator) Reform impulse also ignores the fact that many kinds of deviance are not as harmful as they are made out to be (deviance changes therefore rules change) Also important to know that some deviants are labelled deviant and might not actual be. Can include free loading, getting drunk and throwing up, tasteless music, being a. Gross slob , people too good to be normal .
