SOCY 1004: FINAL EXAM
46 Cards in this Set
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4 modes of entering deviant career
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defensively
drift
conscious decision
sponsorship
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4 modes of entering deviant career: defensively
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no other choice
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4 modes of entering deviant career: drift
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drift theory - on foot in, one foot out
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4 modes of entering deviant career: conscious decision
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getting sponsored in, pros and cons
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4 modes of entering deviant career: sponsorship
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careers that you cannot get in without help - gangs
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Structural Theories
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deviance is outside of individuals: invisible social structures
differential opportunity theory
strain theory
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Structural Theories: Differential Opportunity Theory
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structural things about you that make it easier/harder to get into deviant situations
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Structural Theories: Strain Theory
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values overemphasized, resulting in strain
Conformity
Innovation
Ritualism
Retreatism
Rebellion
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Strain Theory: Innovation
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crime occurs
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Strain Theory: Ritualism
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going through the motions
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Strain Theory: Retreatism
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giving up on values and norms
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Strain Theory: Rebellion
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replacement of values and norms
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Howard
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Negotiation an exit
existential obstacles
interactional obstacles
cultural obstacles
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existential obstacles
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letting go of a marked identity
limiting consequences
identity void
feeling unsettled
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interactional obstacles
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deserter complex (you feel bad for leaving)
reverse stigmatization (others look down on you for leaving)
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cultural obstacles
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conflation of cultures
dominated by medicine (by doc and medical terms)
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Jenkins
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Moral Panics
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Moral Panics
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an episode triggered by media that fuels public fear but usually not true and shortly lived
might lead to reactive laws and/or policies
intensify the issue through media and slippery slopes
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Moral Panics: 5 STEPS
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perceived as a threat
claims-makers
mass media
hysteria
issue retreats
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Three Traditions in Literature
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Individual Determinants (past reasons why they would do something)
Rape Culture (rape myths)
Contexts (specific locations)
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Individual Level
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Transition from high school to college
non-gendered characteristics
peer culture is gendered and secularized
control parties
danger is the unintended consequence
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OrganizationalLevel
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University Practices
drugs and alcohol is strict in dorms (safe environment)
not strict off campus (unsafe)
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Interactional Level
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production of fun
trust
clothing
space
transportation
liquor/drugs
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Individual Blame
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types of victim - blaming
mistakes
prevention strategies
status
opting out
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Membership Characteristics
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finding a community
nature of a community
identification with the community (be whoever you want)
oscillating in and out of communities (unstable)
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Chambliss
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Roughnecks and Saints
Main Points - resisting formal labels
visibility
demeanor
bias
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Field Methods
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choose a topic
gaining entree
forging trust and relationships
developing analysis
cross checking, reliable
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Incorporation of Subculture
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vocabulary
norms
values
system of status stratification
deviant ideology
subculture love
social support
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Incorporation of Subculture: Vocabulary
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unique jargon
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Incorporation of Subculture: Norms
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specific "rules"
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Incorporation of Subculture: Values
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what they value out of life
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Incorporation of Subculture: System of Status Stratification
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not all equal, different levels
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Incorporation of Subculture: deviant ideology
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some set of neutralizations, rationalization
legit deviant behavior
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Incorporation of Subculture: Subculture Love
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stories, origin
can strengthen idea of opposition
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Incorporation of Subculture: Social Support
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info diffusion
method -> internet, message boards, gatherings
gossip
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Erikson
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Main Points:
ascribed deviance (born unchangeable)
vs.
achieve deviance (action taken)
Functions of Deviance
Ways institutions perpetuate deviance
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Deviant Identity Statuses
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primary (not caught)
secondary (after you've been caught)
tertiary (embracing it)
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Avoiding Accounts
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Not giving accounts and way people avoid that
mystification
referral
identity switching
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Avoiding Accounts: Mystification
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admitting you aren't doing this right but not explaining why
ex: "you don't want to know"
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Avoiding Accounts: Referral
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let someone else do the work
ex: "talk to my lawyer"
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identity switching
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people you put down
ex: "you are just a girl"
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Formal Labeling Proces
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getting caught
arrested and processed
pre-trial investigation
court/trial
incarceration/jail
depersonalization
forced adoption of official status and deviant label
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Loner Deviance
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lack company; don't share interest or attitude, or deviance
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Social Organization of Deviance
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you need another deviant to be deviant
4 dimensions
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Social Organization of Deviance: 4 dimensions
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mutual participation
division of labor
org. of time and space
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leiderbach
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why people in high status positions don't tend to get labeled
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