Test 1 Flashcards
Absolutism
Deviance that is absolutely deviant and not debated about (child molestation)
Crime
Breaking the law
Determinism
Deviance is determined behavior, it has causation
Deviance
In the eye of the beholder, a behavior is considered deviant by public consensus
Higher-Consensus Deviance
Lots of people agree that it is deviant
Labels
A socially constructed view
Law
Formal and official norm
Lower-Consensus Deviance
Not serious, public disagrees
Objectiviam
Deviance is observable and researchable
Positivism
Deviance is absolutely real
Relativism
Deviance is a social constrtuction
Social Constructionism
Those in power define and determine deviance
Subjectivism
Your own opinion
Voluntarism
Deviance is voluntary and people choose it
Constructionist Theories
Interested in different groups having different meanings for the same behavior
Cultural Conflict
Discrepant norms and values regarding right and wrong
Feminist Theory
Theories of deviance are all based on men not women
Legal Reality
Deviant behavior may violate formal norms or informal social norms
Marginal Surplus Population
Poor people that there are no jobs for leads to crime
Organizational Imperative
Group of people all work together to accomplish a task with the same goal
Phenomenology
Deviance reality is subjective to what the deviant person thinks of themeselves
Postmodernist Theory
Looks at how to define how society has progressed to an era beyond modernity, great importance on science and rational thought
Social Conflict
Incompatible interests, needs, and desires in diverse groups
Social reality
Quiney, blames capitalism for unjust laws and Marx says the dominant class defines behavior as criminal and applies it to protect its intrests
Anomie
Breakdown of social norms
Deterrence Doctrine
Humans are rational and will commit acts until the punishment is to severe
Differential Association
Deviance is learned through association
Differential Illegitimate Opportunity
Members of the lower class have problems accessing legit opportunities, so they commit crimes
Disintegrative Shaming
Deviance is stigmatized and rejected
General Deterrence
Strong and sure punishment will deter crime overall
Individual Deterrence
The punishment will deter one person
Reintegrative Shaming
A positivist theory, the wrong doer is guilty but is shown forgivness
Social Control
An act meant to curb deviance
Social Learning
Deviance is learned through interactions with others
Social Strain
Lack of access to power causes deviance
Status Frustration
The difficulty of lower class youth in achieving status in legitimate ways
