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12/05 Thursday, December 5, 2019

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Retrospective and Projective labeling Power and labels Mental illness Medicalization of deviance Who responds? What response? Responsible/ Accountable? Sutherlands Differential Association Social learning: we learn motivations, how to, etc. from those around us Interactionist: Deviance is a process of interaction between deviance and non deviance as opposed a characteristic of individuals/groups Deviance: How to address it? Give labels ? Control/Social Disorganization Hirschi Knowing you can do something, but not doing it Broken Windows If no one cares about a piece of property, it will get destroyed Police began to shoot and kill anyone they thought was doing harm Surveillance - supervision of activities, everyone is somewhat a subject, but lower so class Is more scrutinized Direct (cameras, videos, office cubicles) Records (collected data from NSA) Panopticon - Ideal for surveillance, designed by Bentham, studied by Foucault Inmates began to discipline themselves as if they were always being watched

being watched Criminology Crime Violation of a society's formally enacted law Act Intent --> Matter of degree, range willful conduct to negligence Types of crime: Crime against the person Crime against the property *Victimless crimes Crime statistics:...