Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Deviant Careers
- 6 Themes of Deviant Careers
- Entering Deviance- attracts most attention. Policy
makers want to find out how/why ppl enter deviance to
prevent.
- Training & Socialization- little written about bc little is
trained for new deviants; no formal structure.
- Change over time- study how deviants world &
associates evolve.
- Exiting Deviance- study on push-pull factors on
leaving deviance; high profile on for policy makers.
- Postdeviant- little known bc individuals don't look
back; no forwarding address
- Deviant vs Legitimate Careers- similar in all ways
except the drugs/high turnover reduces expertise or
promise delivered.
- Deciding to Commit a Burglary: Wright & Decker studied
the motivations/insights into residential burglars.
- Concluded that offenders burglurize bc of need (money); otherwise
for status attack, identity or self esteem. They know they are
desperate & seeking fast gain rather than deal with issue.
- Social Smoking: A Liminal Position-
Whitesel & Shuman studied how social
smokers justify their status.
- Concluded that social smokers consider themselves
different that habitual smokers. They deploy
strategies to differ themselves. Since social smoking
is not defined, it is maleable & often falls through the
social "cracks."
- Pimp Controlled Prostitution- Williamson &
Cluse-Tolar conducted qualitative interviews on pimp
controlled prostitutes & their career timeline.
- Concluded that the power relationship between pimp & prostitute is predictable.
The relationship is similar to abusive relationships: love at first & then ends
w/woman fleeing for her life.
- Shifts & Oscillations in the Careers of Drug Traffickers- Adler & Adler studied
the process by which ppl burn out of deviance., and where they go afterwards.
- People do a lot of shifting around in ranks or realms and
deviance is left for the youth. Leave because of ambivalent
feelings towards deviance.
- Oscillating In & Out pattern shows how deviants
escape and return in a cycle back to their deviant life.
- Relevant to occupational, relational & recreational deviance.
- Cycle is due to difficulty moving from illegal to
legitimate sector, and losing lifestyle.
- Obstacles to Exiting Emotional Disorder Identites: Jenna Howard studied how those that
discontent emotional disorder ppl show the identity dimensions of exiting deviance.
- Concluded that those that have misc. forms of physical, social & human capital adjust easier that those without.
Happiness is based upon these bridges. Many delabel themselves to make it economically & socially.