Exam 4: Theories of Deviance and Social Control

Talk About: -Proscriptive norms

Talk About: -Informal social control

A rehabilitative focus, as opposed to a punitive one, is more humanitarian, which may lead to a more compassionate society.

In criminal justice settings, the behavioral sciences do not play an important role in determining criminal responsibility.

In medicalization, by focusing on the individual, we fail to see that the politics of the dominant culture might be a cause of the deviance at issue.

Talk About: -Putative backlash

Sports promote local, regional, and national pride; allow for a cathartic and productive channeling of aggressive energies; provide an avenue for upward social mobility; and build character.

Talk About: -Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM)

Talk About: -Stratification

The norms and behaviors of members of subcultures may or may not be criminal.

In legal and justice-related studies, we tend to think of what as the primary means of controlling human behavior?

Talk About: -Conciliatory social control

In the 1960s and 1970s, people were released from mental hospitals and prisons in favor of community-based, often therapeutic, social control. This is known as

For some, attending religious services is an example of

When we learn that it is wrong to steal, we refrain from stealing although there may be opportunities to do so with no one around to catch us. This is an example of

In reality, there are many factors that account for human behavior beside the law. Some examples are

Talk About: -Compensatory social control

In societies where people share similar belief systems or have similar backgrounds, there tends to be little stratification.

Talk About: -Vindication

The health care profession holds substantial power as an agent of social control, seeking to treat conditions that lead to undesired or deviant behavior.