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chapter
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Sociology in Modules
Richard T. Schaefer
1st Edition
Deviance and Social Control
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Deviance and
Social Control
•Module 23: Social Control
•Module 24: What Is Deviance?
•Module 25: Crime
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A Look Ahead
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When does conformity verge on deviance?
How does a society control its members
What are the consequences of deviance?
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Module 23
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Social Control
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Social control: Techniques and
strategies employed for preventing
deviant human behavior in any society
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Parents
Peer groups
Companies
Government
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Social Control
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Sanctions: penalties and rewards for
conduct concerning a social norm
– Death penalty ultimate formal sanction
–Subject of controversy centered
on effectiveness of this sanction
as social control
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Module 23
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Conformity and Obedience
Conformity: Going along with peers who
have no special right to direct behavior
█ Obedience: Compliance with higher
authorities in an hierarchical structure
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Conformity and Obedience
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The Milgram Experiment
– Experimenter instructed people
to administer increasingly
painful electric shocks to a subject
Two-thirds of participants fell into
category of “obedient subjects”
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Module 23
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Informal and
Formal Social Control
Informal social control: Used
casually to enforce norms
█ Formal social control: Carried
out by authorized agents
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Interplay between formal and informal
social control can be complicated,
especially if informal social control
encourages people to violate social norms
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Sociology on Campus
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Why do most college students
regard binge drinking as a normal
rather than a deviant behavior?
Do you think informal social control
or do you think formal social control
would be more effective in stopping
binge drinking on your campus?
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Module 23
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Law and Society
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Some norms are so important to a
society that they are formalized into laws
– Law: Governmental social control
• The legal order reflects values of
those in a position to exercise authority
– Control Theory: Our connection to
members of society leads us to
systematically conform to society’s norms
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Module 23
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Figure 23-1: U.S. Imprisonment Rate, 1980-2008
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Module 23
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Figure 23-2: Executions by State Since 1976
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Module 23
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Figure 23-3: The Status of Medical Marijuana
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Module 24
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What is Deviance?
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Deviance: Behavior that violates
the standards of conduct or
expectations of a group or society
– Involves violation of group norms, which
may or may not be formalized into law
– Social definition within a particular
society and at a particular time
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What is Deviance?
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Deviance and Social Stigma
– Stigma: Labels society uses to devalue
members of certain social groups
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Deviance and Technology
– Technological innovations can
redefine social interactions and
standards of behavior related to them
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Functionalist Perspective
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Durkheim’s Legacy
– Punishments established within
a culture help define acceptable
behavior and contribute to stability
– Erikson illustrated boundarymaintenance function of deviance
– Anomie: Loss of direction felt in
society when social control of individual
behavior has become ineffective
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Functionalist Perspective
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Merton’s Theory of Deviance
– Anomie Theory of Deviance: How people
adapt in certain ways by conforming to
or by deviating from cultural expectations
• Conformist
• Innovator
• Ritualist
• Retreatist
• Rebel
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Interactionist Perspective
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Cultural Transmission Theory
– Cultural transmission: Humans learn
how to behave in social situations,
whether properly or improperly
– Differential association: Process
through which exposure to attitudes
favorable to criminal acts leads to the
violation of rules (Sutherland)
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Interactionist Perspective
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Social Disorganization Theory:
Increases in crime and
deviance attributed to absence
or breakdown of communal
relationships and social institutions
Some claim social disorganization
theory seems to “blame the victim”
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Interactionist Perspective
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Labeling Theory: Attempts to
explain why some people are viewed
as deviants while others are not; also
known as societal-reaction approach
Societal-reaction approach:
Response to an act, not the
behavior, determines deviance
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Interactionist Perspective
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Social Constructionist Perspective
– Deviance is a product
of the culture we live in
– Focus on decision
making process that
creates the deviant identity
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Interactionist Perspective
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Labeling and Sexual Deviance
– Definition of deviant sexual
behavior varied significantly over
time and from culture to culture
• Use of terms, even in positive way,
still implies human sexuality can be
confined in neat, exclusive categories
• Definition of sexual deviance
seems to change with each generation
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Conflict Theory
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People with power protect their own
interests and define deviance to suit
their needs
– Differential justice:
Differences in way
social control is
exercised over
different groups
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Feminist Perspective
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Adler and Chesney-Lind argue
existing approaches to deviance and
crime developed with men in mind
– Society tends to treat women
in stereotypical fashion
Cultural views and attitudes
toward women influence how
they are perceived and labeled
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Research Today
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Does Crime Pay?
– Do you know anyone who has stolen out
of need? If so, did the person feel
justified in stealing, or did he or she feel
guilty? How long did the theft continue?
– Economically, profit is the difference
between revenues and costs.
What are the costs of the illegal drug
trade, both economic and social?
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Module 24
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Table 24-1: Modes of Individual Adaptation
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Module 24
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Table 24-2: Sociological Perspectives on Deviance
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Module 25
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Crime
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Crime: Violation of criminal law
for which some governmental
authority applies formal penalties
Index crimes
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Murder
Rape
Robbery
Assault
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Burglary
Theft
Motor vehicle theft
Arson
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Types of Crime
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Sociologists classify crimes in
terms of how they are committed
and how society views the offenses
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Victimless crimes
Professional crime
Organized crime
White-collar and technology-based crime
Transnational crime
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Types of Crime
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Victimless crimes: Willing
exchange among adults of widely
desired, but illegal, goods and services
Professional crime: Many people
make a career of illegal activities
– Professional criminal: Person who
pursues crime as a day-to-day occupation
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Types of Crime
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Organized crime: Group that
regulates relations between
various criminal enterprises
involved in illegal activities
– Dominates world of illegal
business just as large corporations
dominate conventional businesses
– Serves as means of upward
mobility for groups of people
struggling to escape poverty
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Types of Crime
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White Collar and
Technology-Based Crime
– White Collar crime: Illegal acts committed
in the course of business activities
– Computer crime: Use of high technology to
carry out embezzlement or electronic fraud
– Corporate crime: Any act by a corporation
that is punishable by the government
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Types of Crime
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Transnational Crime
– Crime that occurs across multiple
national borders
International crime spans the globe
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Sociology on Campus
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Campus Crime
– Is crime a problem on your campus? If
so, what kinds of crime? What have
college officials done to discourage it?
– Choose two theories of crime discussed
in this chapter and apply them to crimes
that have occurred on your campus.
Which theory seems to fit better?
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Module 25
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Table 25-1: Types of Transnational Crime
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Crime Statistics
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Reported crime is very high in
the U.S., so public regards
crime as major social problem
– Only track crimes that are
reported to law enforcement agencies
– Victimization Surveys: Surveys of ordinary
people, not police officers, to determine
whether they have been victims of crime
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Understanding Crime Statistics
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International Crime Rates
– Violent crimes much more common in U.S.
than Western Europe in 1980s and 1990s
Disturbing increases in violent crime are
evident in other Western societies
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Table 25-2: National Crime Rates and Percentage Change
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Figure 25-1: Victimization Rates, 1973-2007
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Gun Control
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Understanding the Issue
– Role of firearms in crime
remains fairly consistent
despite reported crime decrease
– Brady act not enough
for gun control supporters
– In 2008, Supreme Court
struck down a near-total ban
on handguns in Washington, D.C.
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Gun Control
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Applying Sociology
– About 42% of U.S. households have
some type of firearm on premises
– About half of all adults in U.S. favor
stricter laws covering sale of firearms
– National Rifle Association uses impressive
power to block or dilute gun control
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Gun Control
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Sociological Insights
– Conflict theorists:
powerful groups like
NRA dominate
legislative process
– Interactionists: gun
control opponents and
proponents use symbols
to their advantage
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Gun Control
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Initiating Policy
– Advocates for stricter gun control
want more tools for law enforcement,
extended checks on gun sales, and
an end to large-volume gun sales
– Meets strong opposition from
NRA and fire arms manufacturers
– Public health advocates engaging the issue
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Figure 25-2: Restrictiveness of State Gun Laws
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