Social Construction of Deviance Flashcards
1
Q
No act is deviant in itself but it is…
A
A Social Construction
2
Q
What does Becker (1963) say that Powerful Social Groups do?
A
Create Deviance by creating rules and applying them to particular people they call ‘Outsiders’
3
Q
What is Becker’s phrase?
A
‘Deviance is in the eye of the beholder’
4
Q
When does an Act or Person become deviant?
A
Once they have been labelled
5
Q
What are Moral Entrepreneurs?
A
People who lead a Moral Crusade to change the law
6
Q
Outline 1/2 effect of Moral Entrepreneurs
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Creation of new Outsiders who break the rule
7
Q
Outline 2/2 effect of Moral Entrepreneurs
A
Creation or expansion of social control agencies to enforce the rule and impose labels on offenders
8
Q
AO3
A
Marxists - fail to locate the origin of such labels in structure of capitalism
