Deviant Behavior Module 1

Pregunta	Respuesta
3 types of norms	1. folkways - simple everyday norms 2. mores - based on societal morals 3. laws - supported by codified social sanctions
boundary maintaining	it controls the fluctuation of its consistent parts so that the whole retains a limited range of activity
cultural integrity	a voluntary restriction on its own potential for expansion
ABC's of deviance	attitudes behaviors conditions
rate busting	overconformity that is negatively evaluated
deviance admiration	underconformity or nonconformity that is evaluated positively
negative deviance	underconformity or nonconformity that is evaluated negatively
positive deviance	overconformity that is evaluated positively
interactionist perspective	defines deviance as the infraction of some agreed upon rule
the degree to which an act will be treated as deviant depends on	who commits the act and who feels he has been harmed by it
what has increased societies based on shared culture rather than on narrow calculations of individual self-interest?	globalization
when are moral panics more likely to grow?	in an attempt to clarify the moral boundaries
the official definition of crime	crime as a legal definition of human conduct is created by agents of the dominant class in a politically organized society
conflict theory of crime	represents the social power perspective on defining deviance. criminals are conceptualized as powerless and oppressed people who threaten the interests of the ruling class.
All persons - whether they create definitions of crime or are the objects of these definitions - act in	reference to normative systems learned in relative social and cultural settings
The probability that persons will develop action patterns with a high potential for being defined as criminal depends on	1. structured opportunities 2. learning experiences 3. interpersonal associations & identifications 4. self-conceptions
An ideology of crime is constructed and diffused by what?	the dominant class to secure hegemony
What is one of the most concrete ways by which an ideology of crime is formed and transmitted?	the official investigation of crime
How is the social reality of crime constructed?	1. the formulation and application of definitions of crime 2. the development of behavior patterns in relation to these definitions 3. the construction of an ideology of crime
"phycological man"	replaced the Christian Man and rejected both the idea of sin and the need for salvation
According to Durkheim's anomie view, why do people internalize social norms?	because of their attachment to others
According to Brooks, in order to cope with the implications of the new reality, we must	"construct hard principles" of moral consensus
In regards to the labeling theory, Becker locates the root of deviance where?	in the response of people rather than the act itself, and the chain of events that follow once people have labeled acts and their perpetrators as deviant
In the labeling theory, whether an act is deviant or not depends on what?	the nature of the act (does it violate a rule) and what other people do about it
According to the labeling theory, deviance lies with in what?	the interaction between the person who commits an act and those who respond to it
According to Hughes' analysis, some statuses	override all other statuses and have a certain priority (distinction between master and subordinate statuses)
In regards to integrated typology of deviance, the behaviors and conditions of more powerful actors are less likely to	be deviantized than those of the less powerful
Deviant behavior actually serves as a test of	power relationships
According to Erikson, the institutions and agencies mandated to manage deviance also do what?	reinforce it
What is found in society that marks boundaries?	the behavior of its members - the networks of interaction which link these members together in regular social relations
How do the members of a community inform one another about the placement of their boundaries?	by participating in the confrontations which occur when person who venture out of the edges of the group are met by policing agents
Boundaries only remain meaningful when	they are repeatedly tested by persons on the fringes of the group and repeatedly defended by persons chosen to represent the group's inner morality

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