Coursework Presentation from social sciences

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

School of Social Sciences

Department of sociology and Anthropology

 

 

Course unit we attended 

 

 

Soc 1200 Crime and social Deviance by catherine nakato

 

what we learned from this class 

Sociologists who study deviance and crime examine cultural norms, how they change over time, how they are enforced, and what happens to individuals and societies when norms are broken. Deviance and social norms vary among societies, communities, and times, and often sociologists are interested in why these differences exist and how these differences impact the individuals and groups in those areas.

we attended chapter four of this course and these were some abreviations we learned

social control

Techniques and strategies for preventing deviant behavior in any society.

sanctions

A penalty or reward for conduct concerning a social norm.

conformity

Going along with peers- individuals of our own status, who have no special right to direct our behavior.

obedience

Compliance with higher authorities in a hierarchical structure.

informal social control

Control that people use casually to enforce norms.

formal social control

Control carried out by authorized agents, such as police officers, physicians, school administrators, employers, military officers, and managers of movie theaters.

law

Governmental social control.

deviance

Behavior that violates the standards of conduct or expectations of a group or society.

stigma

A label society uses to devalue members of a certain social group.

anomie

Emile Durkheim's term for the loss of direction felt in a society when social control of individual behavior has become ineffective.

anomie theory of deviance

A theory developed by Robert Merton that explains deviance as an adaptation either of socially prescribed goals or of the norms governing their attainment, or both.

cultural transmission

A school of criminology that argues that criminal behavior is learned through social interactions.

differential association

A theory of deviance proposed by Edwin Sutherland that holds that violation of rules results from exposure to attitudes favorable to criminal acts.

social disorganization theory

The theory that increases in crime and deviance can be attributed to the absence or breakdown of communal relationships and social institutions, such as the family, school, church, and local governments.

labeling theory

A theory that attempts to explain why certain people are viewed as deviants.

societal-reaction approach

Another name for labeling theory.

crime

A violation of criminal law for which some governmental authority applies formal penalties.

victimless crime

The willing exchange among adults of widely desired, but illegal, goods and services.

professional crime

A person who pursues crime as a day-to-day occupation.

organized crime

The work of a group that regulates relations between various criminal enterprises involved in various illegal activities.

white-collar crime

Illegal acts committed in the course of business activities.

transnational crime

Crime that occurs across multiple national borders.

victimization surveys

Questioning of ordinary people, not police officers, to determine whether they have been victims of a crime.

 

Group Names


Ezama Richard   11/u/16252/eve     211012728
Nakabuko Stellah   11/u/16403/eve  211016099

Ohumure Cabrin .S 11/U/16354/EVE   211009881

AIJUKA MIRIA     11/U/1622/EVE       211014054

ECURU CHARLES  11/U/16358/EVE    2110126832

Amanyabyona Elias   10/u/15555/eve 210009685

Nyeko Amos

Nayiga Christa 11/u/9297/ps               211009061

BakulimyaRitah 11/u/16326/eve 



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