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SOC-S320 1nd Edition Lecture 5 Outline of Last Lecture I. Deviance and Moral Panicsa. Cohen b. BeckerII. 5 models of mediaIII. Drug scaresa. 7 ingredients of a drug scareOutline of Current Lecture II. Wrap up of Drug Scare lectureIII. Tattoos and Fat Men: Stigma, Carnival, and the ‘Grotesque’a. Goffman: Stigma and Social Identityb. Types of Stigma Current LectureExam will be a combination of multiple choice, short answer and essay questions. Short answer example- Why does Becker argue that this assumption (that everyone agrees on something) is incorrect? Because NOT everyone agrees on everything. Example: Marijuana usage somepeople think that it is morally acceptable some people do not. To consider: Will the government and large companies take over the marijuana industry since it is becoming increasingly more legal, and introduce additives as they have with tobacco. Causing addiction, causing illnesses that were not prevalent before, that they can profit from?Early data from Medicalization and Legalization show:- Less accidental suicides, and perhaps less drug addiction. Being able to use marijuana, which is less dangerous and addictive than say pills or alcohol, which could lead to an accidental suicide. - Increased revenue and decreased crime – could be from the fact that people are more chill along with the fact that if something is not illegal you cannot get arrested for it. These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.Glass blowing documentary – Volta Glass Studio- Idea of implied intent. That is to say trying stop people from making bombs because they will be used to blow people up. This is being compared to glass blowers being arrested because people are using the pipes to smoke marijuana. - 2010 head shops were required that ¾ ths of what they sell be tobacco. They got around the law by example: there is a $1000 dollar bong with a tiny bag of tobacco attached. Charged $999 for the Tobacco and $1 for the bong making the law unenforceable. - Horizontal overcharging: takes one crime and breaks it in to multiple crimes. They were charged with conspiracy, intent and distributing. Each carrying a maximum of 5 years, forcing people to plea to specific crimes. 95% of federal cases are settled with plea bargains. Goffman: Stigma and Social Identity- Stigma: any attribute which is deeply discreditingo Stigmatized individual is reduced in our minds from a whole person to a tainted, less than whole version of a human. o Reduces life chances Pestilence fallacy: having one bad attribute means you have several other bad attributes.  Halo effect: One right thing means you are great all around. See someone rich and well dressed so you assume they are honest and nice.  Stigma transfer: stigma extends to those surrounding the person with the stigma, if you hang out with a drug dealer you are perceived as just as sketchy Examples of stigma: tattoos, mental illness, handicapped, homelessness (and the assumptions that come with those labels)  Discredited: stigma is known or immediately knowable (handicap) Discreditable: stigma is not known but has the potential to be known by others (stripper)- These can be fluid. Once you walk out of the strip club no one has to know you are a stripper but you become discredited if you run in to a former customer. You can cover up your tattoos, or let them show at different times. Types of Stigma- Physical Stigma – deformities of the body- Moral Stigma – blemish of individual character, weak willed, treacherous beliefs, dishonesty. - Tribal (group) Stigma – race, nationality,


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