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Lecture 5: Deviance and Crime Flashcards

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What norms are there?

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  1. Folkways
  2. More (More-at)
  3. Taboo
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What is a folkway?

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Least severe of punishment when rule is violated

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More (More-at)

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core norm that most people is essential for societies/group survival

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Taboo

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strongest type of norm, harsh punishment when broken (aka revulsion)

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Deviance criteria in breaking a norm

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  1. time/place/culture-specific
  2. reflects power (not always)
  3. does NOT mean devious/bad/wrong
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Harmless/no sanction criteria

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  1. Informal
  2. Enforced through shaming, communal pressure
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Severe punishment criteria

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  1. formal
  2. enforced by laws
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deviance that warrants negative sanctions criteria

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  1. actions indicating disapproval
  2. informal punishments
  3. stigmatization
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sanctions

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  1. no-one noticing
  2. blaming someone else (scapegoat)
  3. glares + looks of disapproval
  4. butt of jokes
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since deviant & criminal roles are learned …

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actions of deviant + responses of others

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labelling theory

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our actions + responses from others

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label meaning

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judgements that we’re constantly and mutually recreating

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stigma

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type of negative label that has “gone toxic”

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primary deviant

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sense of deviance doesn’t negatively impact identity of sense of self

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secondary deviant

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  1. becomes part of identity and self worth
  2. manifest sense of shame/guilt/self-loathing/self-harm
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deviance that goes against the law

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  1. enforce by gov. bodies
  2. time/place/culture-specific
  3. reflect power
  4. followed by formal punishment in judicial system
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concepts of crime and deviance (hogan)

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(norm violations differentiated according to seriousness)
1. how harmful act was
2. agreement of how wrong action was
3. severity of punishment imposed on behaviour

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moral panic

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widespread fear that occurs when many people believe that a form of deviance or crime threatens society’s safety

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who benefits from moral panic?

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  1. mass media
  2. crime prevention and punishment
  3. criminal justice system
  4. politics
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deviance: functionalist

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deviance and crime are opportunities to establish 1. societal values
2. moral boundaries
3. increase social solidarity
4. allow for useful social change

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dysfunctions: functionalist

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insufficient opp. for success;
1. lead to strain results
2. find alternative + legit means of achieving goal

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control theory

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everyone would engage in deviance and crime if they knew they could get away with it

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types of control

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  1. attachment
  2. commitment
  3. values and beliefs
  4. activities
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criteria of control theory

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  1. set of ties bind young people to conventional world
  2. when ties are weak – deviance and crime occur
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who created control theory?

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Travis Hirschi

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types of crimes

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  1. street crime
  2. white-collar
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Types of street crime

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  1. robbery
  2. theft
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what is robbery?

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theft of property from another person through us of
1. threat
2. force
3. intimidation
do crime bc of said things above

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what is theft?

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  1. involves use of force
  2. punished severely bc life is in jeopardy
  3. the amount of force used & not value items determine level of punishment
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difference between robbery and theft

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robbery is considered property crime
theft is when force is used

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white collar crime criteria

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involves people from privileged background

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Edwin Sutherland definition of white-collared

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  1. “crime committed by a person of respectability + high status in course of occupation”
  2. crime committed on behalf of corporations
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present definition of white-collared crime criteria

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  1. includes all individuals
  2. middle class use market place for criminal activity, not just wealthy and powerful to commit crimes
  3. tax evasion and credit card fraud
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feminist perspective and crime facts

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  1. males more inclined in to crime and deviance (especially violent)
  2. deviant activities start earlier then later
  3. women and girls are becoming more violent (in gang activity) and is a growing problem
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criteria of being a serial killer

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2 or more victims over a long operate period of time

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mass murder

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large amount of death in small amount of time

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characteristics of serial killers

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  1. long history of violence in beginning of childhood
  2. maintain superficial relationships
  3. have trouble relating to the opposite sex
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possible factors in being a serial killers

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  1. mental illness
  2. sexual frustration
  3. neurological damage
  4. childhood abuse and neglect
  5. smothering relationships with mothers (sometimes fathers)
  6. childhood anxiety
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how do sociologists view serial killers

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  1. as sociopaths
  2. early childhood demonstrate bizarre behaviour (torturing animals, immune to victims suffering, enjoy media spotlight)
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gender and crime: analysist

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  1. female crime can be explained by concepts and theories used to explain male wrong-doings
  2. feminist ideas are more likely to argue for gender-specific theories (crime and deviance)
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race and crime: analysis

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controversial correlation
1. indigenous people and blacks are over-represented in prison

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overrepresentation explanation

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  1. racial bias
  2. greater criminal activity
  3. racial profiling (police officers of particular racial or ethnic groups)
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punishment recall

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1.sanctions (negative, formal, and informal punishment)
2. deviance is

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Diversion: Redefining police services

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  1. defunding =/ abolish
  2. defunding (divert funds from police budgets into social services)
  3. police are not trained in crisis care and shouldn’t be expected to lead tis important work

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