SOC100H1 Lecture 3: Crime and Deviance

• School: UTSG
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOC100H1
• Professor: Tepperman

Document Summary

Paradox: with an expected and enforced order, and widespread conformity to it, deviance is assured. Deviance = any behavior that leads to a negative reaction by the community. Social control: refers to all the practices used to force people to conform to rules of expected behavior. Ordinary people do the same, but enforce specific laws, using specific methods of enforcement through gossip, praise or blame. Social control delivers to rule-(cid:271)(cid:396)eake(cid:396)s (cid:449)hat people fea(cid:396) (cid:373)ost pai(cid:374), (cid:396)idi(cid:272)ule, lo(cid:374)eli(cid:374)ess, sha(cid:373)e, guilt te(cid:272)h(cid:374)i(cid:395)ues of so(cid:272)ial (cid:272)o(cid:374)t(cid:396)ol a(cid:396)e effe(cid:272)ti(cid:448)e (cid:449)he(cid:374) the(cid:455) (cid:373)o(cid:271)ilize these fea(cid:396)s: threats. = a warning of imminent danger or harm. Often unstated or implied threats are even better than explicit ones: shame. A painful sense of disgrace or embarrassment. Deepl(cid:455) et(cid:272)hed i(cid:374) a pe(cid:396)so(cid:374)"s (cid:373)e(cid:373)o(cid:396)(cid:455), e(cid:454)t(cid:396)e(cid:373)e o(cid:396) (cid:396)epeated sha(cid:373)i(cid:374)g (cid:373)a(cid:455) (cid:271)e so(cid:272)iall(cid:455) (cid:272)(cid:396)ippli(cid:374)g: guilt. The remorse a person feels for breaking a rule or committing a shameful act: gossip.