Exam 4: Theories of Deviance and Social Control

Belching at the dinner table is considered rude in many Western cultures, but is considered a compliment to the host or cook in some African and Asian countries. This is an example of

Norms are based upon widely shared values regarding that which is correct, and, conversely, that which is bad.

When informal social controls fail, then the formal mechanisms of social control used tend to be compensatory and/or conciliatory.

Talk About: -Justifying insanity defense

Mental health courts support the concept of

Talk About: -Social norms

The criminal justice system

Criminal law is not the most important tool of formal social control.

Mentally ill inmates may serve longer sentences because of their inability to qualify for early release, and without treatment, upon their release, mentally ill offenders are likely to

Secondary socialization takes place at home in early childhood when social norms are taught to children by family members.

When a psychiatrist or psychologist diagnoses an offender with a serious mental illness that prevents the person from appreciating the difference between "right" and "wrong," we classify that person as legally insane. This means

Talk About: -Cognitive incapacity

Talk About: -Negative reactions from others

Talk About: -Folkways

Medicalization may be the most efficient form of social control because

Talk About: -D. Stanley Eitzen and Maxine Baca-Zinn

Talk About: -Agents of ideological social control

Which of the four styles of formal social control views the violator of a social norm that has been codified into criminal law as an offender who is deserving of official condemnation?

A sociological explanation for deviance is that people may be socialized into a deviant subculture, rather than being socialized with widely accepted social norms. This means

Advocates of deinstitutionalization hoped that community-based treatment would be more effective and more economical, particularly as new medications were available to manage even fairly serious mental illnesses. In reality this