The Sociology of Deviant Behavior
Review
for Examination #1
A. Theories
1. The Demonic Perspective
a. what
were seen as the causes of deviance/criminality?
b. how
was deviance/criminality punished and controlled?
c. how
were the causes, nature, and control of deviance/criminality linked to people's
worldviews at that
time?
i.
ie, what were those worldviews, and how are they reflected in how people
thought about and dealt
with wrongdoers?
ii. what
social institutions were primarily responsible for dealing with deviance and
crime?
2. The Classical Perspective
a. why
did a new perspective on deviance and criminality emerge?
i.
social changes
ii. cultural
changes (and views of human nature, society)
b. what
was the new perspective? (again, human nature)
and how was it related to the larger social and
cultural changes?
c.
Cesare Beccaria: his ideas for reform of criminal justice/legal systems
d. what
was the goal of social control?
e. what
does the research say about the effectiveness of classical (and neo-classical)
theory? (ie, is it supported
or contradicted by research?)
f. Delinquency in a Birth Cohort (what was
this study? Why important? What findings, generally?)
g.
criticisms
3. Pathological Perspectives
a. what
assumptions do these share with classical theory? how
are they different?
b.
biological approaches
1. body
types, "feeble-mindedness" and heredity (and genetics), XYY
c.
psychological approaches
1. psychoanalysis
(Freud); "psychopathy"
d. what
are the methods of social control?
e.
criticisms of pathological perspectives
4. Social Disorganization
a. why
did a new perspective on deviance and criminality emerge at this time?
b. & why
in
c. The Chicago School (how is
social disorganization defined?)
1. Ecological Model
a) settlement
patterns (why and how did these patterns emerge?)
b) what do the
settlement patterns tell us about deviance?
2. Louis Wirth: the city
as a troubled place
a) Sellin,
Thrasher,
B. Readings: (All readings are in Jacoby. Material on the
Demonic Perspective will cover only lectures.)
1.
Classical: Beccaria pp. 352-360; Bentham, pp. 105-108
2.
Pathological: Lombroso-Ferrero, pp. 141-156; Dugdale, pp. 157-164; Goddard,
pp. 165-171; Hooton, pp. 180-191
3. Social Disorganization: Shaw and McKay, pp. 19-25, 240-247; Sellin, pp. 235-239; Thrasher, pp. 4-8
