SOCL 2001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Moodle, Property Crime, Social Control Theory
16 Oct 2018
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Defining deviance: deviance: variation from a set of norms or shared social expectations, deviant: people who violate these shared expectations, universal, exists in all societies. If you see a man who wears heels and lipstick it is usually deviant, but for a woman it is not because you usually see this: deviant behaviors (social experiment) video. Legiti(cid:373)ate (cid:271)usi(cid:374)esses (cid:272)a(cid:374) se(cid:396)(cid:448)ed as (cid:862)f(cid:396)o(cid:374)ts(cid:863) fo(cid:396) illegal a(cid:272)ti(cid:448)ities. Juvenile crime: refers to the age (under 18) of the offender rather than types of crimes committed, the most common juvenile crime is theft-larceny, recidivism, repeating criminal behavior after previous punishment, has been a concern for juvenile offenders. Deviance and social control: external controls, formal external controls: courts, police, officers, prisons. Informal external controls: peers, friends, parents, close people. Internal controls: self-esteem, feelings of guilt, remorse, etc, example: feeling guilt when you cheat on a test. Theories of deviance: biological theories, physical conditions produce deviance. If you follow socially accepted means and goals.
