SOCIOL 1101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Broken Windows Theory, Social Control Theory, Moral Panic
1 Oct 2018
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Deviance(action, belied, or human characteristic that violates the norms of a group) Shifting de nitions of deviance- changing overtime, some consider norm in the past are not in these days) Global ows and deviance - an important way to de ne acceptable behavior an d form cohesion. Illegal ows aided by nation states declining ability to halt them. Criminalization of global activities: summarize the relationship between globalization and crime. Organized crime: discuss the criminal justice system and di erent types of crime, compare and contrast theories of deviance. Strain theory(structural/functional theories)(robert k. merton) - deviance caused by discrepancy between larger structure and culture of society. Both cultural goals(make a lot of money) and traditional means of achieving those goals(hard work) Some cultural goals, reject conventional means of achieving. Realize they will not be able to achieve goal, but continue engage in conventional behavior associated with success. But substitute nontraditional goals and means to those goal.
