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Test 2 Flashcards

1
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Goal of social control

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To maintain conformity in society

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Two basic processes of social control

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  1. the internalization of group norms

2. External pressures in the form of sanctions

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Manifest functions of institutions

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What is intended- what the institution is supposed to do (learn at a university)

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Latent functions of institutions

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Consequences of the institutions (student debt)

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The Functionalist Perspective

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Deviance is viewed as strengthening the bonds of social order- prompts social change

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Anomie

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state of normlessness due to rapid social change

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Institutional anomie

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major institutions in the US have exaggeration on success, leads to deviance

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Strain Theory

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lack of opportunities for conventional success leads to strain (anger, frustration, deviance)

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Conformity

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Accept goals and means (going to college)

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Ritualism

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Reject goals but accept means (will work but don’t care about moving up in the world)

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Innovation

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Accepts the goals but rejects means (make money but do it illegally- drug dealing)

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Retreatism

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Reject goals and means (into the wild)

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Rebellion

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New means and new goals- always have an agenda to push new goals

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structural functionalism

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for a society to be functional, it must have all of the institutions working at the same time

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Differential opportunity theory

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more than one way to get rich, cannot assume that everyone has equal opportunities and means

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Types of differential opportunity theory

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criminal (boys in sketchy neighborhood w no sources), conflict (no opportunity for success because of limited means), retreatist (so angry that they gave up)

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General Strain Theory

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pressured into deviance by negative stimuli that leads to anger/frustration (no possibility of rewards)

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What happens when there’s strain?

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Strain leads to anger which leads to deviance

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Institutional Anomie Theory

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Suggests that the American dream leads to crime and deviance because of its emphasis on artificial success

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Aspects of the American dream

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winning, wealth, economy (banking, stocks)

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Criticisms of anomie and strain theories

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look at notes

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Examples of abuse for Abu Gharaib

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state of anomie and confusion at the camp produced deviance with inmates and the army, such as torture on prison inmates

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Social disorganization theory

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attempts to explain why certain neighborhoods control deviance and why others are unable to minimize it- if deviance is not controlled,

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Two by products of social disorganization

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leads to deviance in the short term and deviance to be a “norm” (normative reorganization) in the long term (whole different society)

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Differential Association theory

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criminal behavior is learned in interaction with other people (intimate social groups)

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Broken Windows theory

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If someone sees a building with broken windows then it is easier for you to break the windows too

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Law enforcement vs community policing

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lets stop the crime vs lets work with them

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Social Cohesion

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being tight knit with your community- not always a good thing

29
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1980’s Resurgence (Julianni), SD Theory

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cleaned up NY by attacking little crimes (broken windows) which caused more issues

30
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Marxist theory

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Industry and economy- industrial capitalist means of production produce alienation (Boujwazee (rich) vs proletariat (workers))

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False Consciousness

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People in power try to distract the oppressed people from actual problem by getting the people to fracture

32
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Hirshchi’s control theory

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Social bonding is the key to non delinquent behavior (attachment, commitment, involvement, belief)

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Spitzer’s analysis

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capitalism is becoming a monopoly- owners are becoming workers and people need a high education to work, causing issues for social junk

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Vold’s analysis

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People’s lives are centered around groups, when groups are threatened by other groups, they become closer (gay bars) Laws are the agents

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Gusfield’s analysis

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Folks that want to keep their power will use laws

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Turk’s analysis

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laws are more likely to be enforced if they represent values or target people with little power- use power as resource control

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Chambliss’ analysis

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Everyone commits crime- enforcing it helps the powerful- crime divides us into classes

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Critical theories- feminist criminology

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critiques the status quo of the treatment of women- women are called deviant because they are lower in capitalism

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Critical race theory

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challenging white supremacy- racism is the water that we are swimming in

40
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Reading 29- racial profiling and law enforcement

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Chandler roundup of people who look like illegal immigrants- caused eve more distrust of law enforcement- macro and micro

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Cultural appropriation

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taking something from a different culture and benefitting from it (Kylie Jenner wearing cornrows and profiting from it)

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Melting pot metaphor

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one culture and everyone who comes in should benefit from it

43
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Salad bowl metaphor

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mixed together but still seperate

44
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Hegemony/ othering

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One dominant group that controls everything- alienating the inferior group

45
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Peacemaking criminlogy

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should organize the world around peace and compassion- anti death penalty and restorative justice

46
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Occupy Wall Street movement

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protests against inequality in the US and the American dream crumbling

47
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Defy Ventures non profit

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turned around drug and gang leaders

48
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Academic strain reading

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Strains: failure to achieve goals (bad grades), neg stimuli (being benched for bad grades), peers commenting on bad grades- leads to drug misuse in college students

49
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Social Disorganization theory- social classes

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studies can only focus on low income neighborhoods because the elites can cover things up

50
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Reading 13- immigration vs levels of deviance

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immigration is associated with lower crime rates- lower rateof violence with Mexican Americans than black or white neighborhoods

51
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Broken windows policing reading

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police walked on foot rather than in cars but caused lots of issues- targeting certain populations and only focusing on the small crimes

52
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Reading 9-shoplifting

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racial profiling and workplace lock ins

53
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Simple sabatoge manual

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How can you fuck things up and get away with it (crying, changing the question, etc)

54
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Reading 26- racism and inequality over time

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minorities say that racism has gotten worse while whites claim it has gotten better- black women are basically ignored- racism is the norm

55
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Reading 10- homelessness and PRISM

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laws want to protect the white middle class from the homeless- PRISM gaining info about people through their private info

56
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Thesis, antithesis, synthesis

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idea to propose change, argument against it, compromise

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