SY101 Chapter Notes -Symbolic Interactionism, Restorative Justice, Labeling Theory
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Commonsense: personal attribute is a characteristic, natural to the person, born that way. Natural a deviant, why would we apply restorative justice? (restoring individual so they can re join society again) To treat someone as a natural deviant, they ignore the social. A) sociologists look at a pattern of violating norms. B) social stigma: labeled as deviant because they engage in behaviours that aren"t valued in society. Seen as annoying or looked down upon. Goes against the law, goes against norms and rules of society. The definition of criminal is what culture. Goes against legal action and results in punishment. China has the highest level of trust and kenya has the lowest because there is a lot of corruption in government and civil war, a lot of problems. Trust isn"t based on these factors; it is based on crime and corruption. Lower crime rates when more people trust each other.
