Chapter 6 - Deviance

Question 1

Deviance

Answer 1

Breaking a social norm that is met with disapproval
Can include non-chosen things (physical defects etc)
- Lack of consensus on what is deviant due to pluralistic society (diverse groups with different norms and values)

Question 2

Crime

Answer 2

An act defined by law as punishable by fines and or imprisonment.
- Can have deviance w/ or w/o crime

Question 3

Strain Theory - Merton

SHORT ANSWER

Answer 3

• Disconnect between goals and the means to reach them = deviance
• Anomie: when you experience this^Response Goal Means

1. Conformity + +
2. Innovation + -
3. Ritualism - +
4. Retreatism - -
5. Rebellion +/- +/-

Ritualism: don’t care about money but still go to college to make parents happy or whatever

Retreatism: being a drifter

Rebellion: Reject and replace traditional

Question 4

Labelling Theory

Answer 4

• devient behavior is a product of the labels people attach to certain types of behavior
• deviance is seen as being socially constructed

Question 5

Primary deviance (labelling theory)

Answer 5

Occurs at the moment an activity is labelled deviant

Question 6

Secondary Deviance (Labelling theory)

Answer 6

When the person accepts the label as a part of their identity

Question 7

Types of Deviance

Answer 7

1. Everyday Deviance: speeding, lying jaywalking, cheating
2. Crime
3. Sexual

Question 8

Uniform Crime Report (UCR)

Answer 8

• reports 8 different types of crime, not white collar or upper class crimes though
• Violent = robbery, murder, assault, rape
• Property: burglary, arson, larceny, car theft
• Only reports worse event of double crimes
• Not all burglaries/robberies actually reported

Question 9

National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)

Answer 9

Who the victims are

Question 10

Prison Populations

Answer 10

Rising due to:

1. Mandatory minimum sentences
2. 3 Strike felony laws
3. The war on drugs

Question 11

UM Honor Code

Answer 11

Yup

Question 12

Academic Dishonesty

Answer 12

Yup