1. Deviance and Social Control Chapter 8

2. Social Control • Sanctions • Informal and Formal • ____________ • Going along with peers • ____________ • Complying with an authority

3. Obedience: Milgram (1963) • “____________” experiment • Seeking explanation for NAZI’s • Predictions: • Psychiatrists … ______ percent • General Public … _______ percent • Reality: • _______ percent delivered all shocks!

4. Deviance • What is it? • Determined by ____________ • Time/Place • Social ____________ • Beauty Myth

5. Functions Purposes of Deviant Behavior • Group ____________ • Distinguish behavior • Ease ____________ • Create ____________ • Jobs

6. Functionalist Perspective • Structural Strain “______” Theory • Robert K. Merton • ____________ • Conformer-A/A • ____________ • Ritualist-R/A • ____________ • ____________

7. Interactionist Perspective • Cultural ____________ Theory • (Differential Association) • Edwin Sutherland • Deviance ____________

8. _________ _________ Deviant _________ Accused ________ Deviant Interactionist Perspective • ____________ Theory • Howard Becker • Primary / Secondary Deviance Obedient Norm Breaker NOT Perceived as Deviant Perceived as Deviant

9. Interactionist Perspective • ____________ Theory • Travis Hirschi (& Durkheim) • Deviance is ____________ • Community Bonds reduce deviance

10. ConflictPerspective • Richard Quinney • People in Power make rules based on ____________ morals • Ex: ____________ • ____________ is unfair to poor and minorities

11. FeministPerspective • Similar to ____________ …$$ rules! • Men have more $$, make rules • Women ____________ to report crimes • Women viewed ____________ • Ex: SEX - ____________ • Women: Less arrests due to fewer opportunities in business & power

12. Social Problem of Crime • ____________ - Misdemeanor • Violent Crimes • ____________ Crime • Organized Crime • ____________ Crimes??

13. AMERICAN CRIMINAL-JUSTICE SYSTEM Police Courts have the most control over who is arrested for crimes; use police discretion, which has raised the controversial issue of racial profiling determines the accused’s guilt or innocence in a court trial and then assigns a punishment; actually settles 90 percent of cases through plea bargaining Corrections Juvenile-Justice System includes probation, imprisonment, parole; serves four functions—retribution, deterrence, rehabilitation, and social protection applies to offenders younger than 18; guarantees juvenile defendants the same legal rights and privileges as adults; often provides more services

14. Crime Rates (Statistics) • Men v. Women • Female arrests increasing • ____________ • ____________ • Decline Nationally • National Crime ____________ Surveys