Social deviance chapter 3 and 4

1. Why is social class one of the most powerful influencers when it comes to the application of a deviant label?

We learn through social behavior

Primary devinace

Initial act of norm breaking

Secondary deviance

What happens after the deviance - acceptance of label.

Tertiary Deviance

Becomes persons master status - deviance becomes normalized.

A new deviant identity is especially harmful To an individual in the public over the private sphere. why? what is the significance of a new deviant master status?

It affects how others view and treat them - master status becomes identity does not matter if you are a great artist, people will still know you guys deviant.

Why are formal agent labels so sticky?

Formal agents have more control over punsihment and can enforce formal penalties

What are the general outcomes for both the labor and the labelers?

Labelers positive reinforces redefined boundaries and norms

labeled negative

What is the process of symbolic interaction according to Blumer?

1)people act on the basis of the meaning that things have for them 2) the meaning changes based on face-to-face 3)the meaning is adapted through interpretation

Why is the focus of labeling theory mainly concerned with the interaction between the supposed deviant and the conventional people

Deviance does not exist in the abstract - you have to interact with it to exist.

If there is no negative response from an audience is there deviance?

Reflexivity not in public sphere but self examine and reflect

What happens when someone or some group is condemned or stigmatized as deviant?

They experience shame, humiliation, new deviant identity and segregation.

Stigma management

How do people deal with stigma

deviance avowal

process by which an individual self-identifies as deviant and initiates her own labeling process

deviance disavowal

The process through which individuals attempt to prove that, despite their apparent deviance, they are no different from other people.

Do constructionist theories care about causes of deviance?

No they care about why we define deviance - social construct of it.

Positivist

Causes - assumes deviance already exists

Imputation

Giving something meaning

Explain why Quinney believed that the definitions of crime in society change as the interest of the dominant class change

Social reality theory and conflict theory

Interest of the powerful they can define or change deviance the poor are viewed as powerless and cannot do this

Give examples of chambliss' assertion that the law in action is different than the law on the books what theory is this called

This is called legal reality theory. The people carrying out the rules become tools - rich people are not getting arrested for drugs - poor and powerless are the easy target

What are organizational imperatives and whom do they benefit

They are set up and structured at the expense of the poor and powerless example- banking systems

What are feminist scholars critical of in regard to the historical study of social deviance what important aspects of deviance did feminist scholars shed light on particularly within the reality of women as victims of deviance

Conflict theory historical study of social deviance did not include women it included gender base violence women were included in the study of sex work shoplifting and mental illness

Define androcentrism

Male centered or biased view

What is phenomenology and what is it called when phenomenologist do research

It is the study of subjective meaning reality of the deviant view of themselves

What economic system was Quinney critical of and why?

Capitalism he said it produces a criminogenic society.

Describe unconscious bias what are the benefits of being aware of our biases what are some possible consequences of being unaware?

It is implicit bias if we are aware of our biases we can overcome them.

Discuss constructionist perspective of voluntaryism and why is it an important distinction to make from determinism (positivist).

Subjectivism relativism and voluntarism. Voluntarism meaning free will or choice

Discuss the power of social control as it relates to shaming particularly in Jane Elliot classroom.

Conform to deviant identity or positive identity.

Because trust in authority tells him so

What is the self fufilling prophecy and how did it become a reality in the lives of the Saints and roughnecks

The roughnecks believe they were less then. The label is originally for us but they become the label because of the stigma/negative label.