1. Deviance, Social Structure, & Control

2. Social Structure/Status
Social structure – underlying pattern of social relationships
Status
Ascribed status – assigned status
Achieved status – status that is earned or chosen
Social Structure/Status

3. Groups Social category – people who share a social characteristic
Social aggregate – people who happen to be in the same place at the same time
Primary group – people who are emotionally close
Secondary group – impersonal and goal oriented
Groups

4. Negative deviance – behavior that fails to meet accepted norms
Positive deviance – overconformity to norms
Deviant – person who has violated one or more of society’s highly valued norms
deviance

5. Social control Ways to promote conformity to norms
Social sanctions – rewards or punishments designed to reinforce norms
Social control

6. Functionalism Deviance erodes trust Deviance is expensive
Deviance clarifies norms – promotes needed social change
Anomie – social condition where norms are weak, conflicting, or absent
Strain Theory – deviance occurs when there is a gap between culturally desired goals & a legitimate way of obtaining them
Control Theory – conformity of social norms depends on the presence of strong social bonds between individuals & society
Functionalism

7. Differential association theory – individuals learn deviance in proportion to the number of deviant acts they are exposed to
Labeling theory – society creates deviance by identifying particular members as deviant
Primary deviance
Secondary deviance
Stigma
Symbolic Interaction

8. Victim discounting – process of reducing the seriousness of the crimes that injure people of a lower social class
White-collar crime – job-related crimes committed by high-status people
Conflict Theory

9. crime Acts in violation of statute law
Deterrence – discouraging criminal acts by threatening punishment
Retribution – punishment intended to make criminals pay compensation for their acts
Incarceration – method of protecting society from criminals by keeping them in prisons
Rehabilitation – process of changing or reforming a criminal through socialization
Recidivism – a repetition of or return to criminal behavior
crime

10. Cults First studied in the 1930s Grew in popularity in the 70s
Characteristics:
Beliefs are seen by most as “strange” or unorthodox
Members show strong devotion to leader, idea, or thing
Leaders use unethical/manipulative methods of persuasion & control
Cults

11. Dangerous Cults Members show unquestioning devotion to the leader
Members are exploited & manipulated by the leader
Members are subjected to mental/physical stress or harm
Leader is charismatic & claims to have some kind of exclusive knowledge or ability
Leader tells followers how to think, act, feel, etc.
Leader isolates members from rest of society
Daily activities are strictly regulated
A culture of “reporting” is encouraged
Dangerous Cults

12. What kind of People join cults?

13. SERIAL KILLERS!!!!!

14. a person who commits a series of murders, often with no apparent motive and typically following a characteristic, predictable behavior pattern.
Serial killers

15. Categories Type Characteristics Medical
People who work in the medical industry to perpetrate their crimes; feel like they have the perfect cover
Organized
Highly intelligent & meticulous; makes them difficult to identify & capture; usually stalk their victims; pay close attention to media coverage; take pride in their work
Disorganized
Low intelligence & antisocial; don’t plan their attacks; tend to move around a lot; blame voices in head or higher power
Categories

16. subCategories Type Characteristics Thrill Seekers
Enjoy outsmarting the law; like the media attention; send messages & journal their work
Mission Oriented
Feel like they are doing the world a service; generally NOT psychotic;
Visionary
Suffer psychotic breakdowns; believe they are mandated to kill by a higher power
Power & Control
Enjoy victim’s terror, suffering, & screaming; usually have a history of child abuse; motivated by lust
subCategories

17. Let’s practice!

19. Psychopaths vs. sociopaths
Person suffering from chronic mental disorder with abnormal or violent social behavior
Person with a personality disorder manifesting itself in extreme antisocial behavior and a lack of conscience
Don’t experience remorse
Lack of empathy
Master Manipulators
Can’t discern right from wrong
Extremely charming
Wit & charm
Arrogant, take big risks
Impulsive, arrogant, aggressive
Psychopaths vs. sociopaths