SOCL 2001 Chapter : SOCLch6
Document Summary
Deviant- anyone that violates social norm (law, folkways, mores: everyone can be deviant even if you don"t attend to. 10/8/09 bride in her gown fishing mailman wearing shorts on a cold winter day video: no pants 2009; people don"t wear pants on a train (clearly deviant behavior. Universality of deviance: no pant subway video, deviant behavior is universal; every society has it. Crimes: behaviors that violate laws: crime rate is decreasing, criminal menopause:- criminals becoming old and less violent. Is crime rate on the increase: no crime is decreasing, media tries to say otherwise. Ucr or surveys (ncvs by census bureau: national crime victimize survey, car theft is the most popular, federal agency- numbers don"t match. Biological and psychological theories: biological: theory that hormone levels effect behavior, psychological: criminals have a different mind set. Strain and anomie theory ( e. g. structural strain theory)
