Conformity, Deviance & Crime Flashcards
DEVIANCE IS…
RELATIVE
DEVIANCE
Violation of social norms
EXPLANATIONS OF DEVIANCE
Social influences, Social context
PHILIPPE BOURGOIS
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People are led into a life of crime because of the social influences that surround them in their everyday lives.
THREE FUNCTIONS OF DEVIANCE
- Clarifies moral boundaries & affirms norms
- Promotes social unity
- Promotes social change
STRAIN THEORY
MERTON
- Social values generate crime
ANOMIE
Caused by Strain Theory
• Norms of society conflict with reality of their lives
SUBCULTURAL GROUPS
- Groups that reject mainstream values
* Norms celebrate defiance, delinquency or nonconformity
DIFFERENTIAL ASSOCIATION THEORY
SUTHERLAND
• Deviance is SOCIALLY CONSTRUCTED
LABELING THEORY
• Focuses on the significance of labels
• Labels become part of self-concept
- Propels us towards or away from deviance
STIGMA
Negative social label that changes your behavior towards a person & that person’s self-concept and social identity
CONFLICT THEORY
• Main characteristics of society = POWER & SOCIAL INEQUALITY
THEORIES OF NEW CRIMINOLOGY
- Law as an instrument of OPPRESSION
* Laws preserve power of elites
CONTROL THEORY
- Everyone is propelled towards deviance
- INNER & OUTER control a deter crime
- Attachments, Commitments, Involvements, Beliefs
INNER CONTROLS (Control Theory)
INTERNALIZED MORALITY
• Conscience
• Religious Principles
• Ifeas of right and wrong
