Crime and Deviance 

 Big question: Is Complete conformity unavoidable

Norms are not agreed upon as a positive or negative behavior.

 

 By the end of the unit can you…

 

1. ...identify crime and deviance

  2. ...see how society uses stigma

  3. ...discuss how there is no such thing as complete conformity.

 

 

 What is crime?

A crime is an act that breaks a law that relates to how to behave in society. The harm caused by the act is seen to be against society as a whole, not just a specific person.

 

2 Crime theories, there are many

Rational Choice Theory, founded in Classical Theory, cites three “actors” (rational, predestined, and victimized) as the models for criminal behavior.

Contemporary Trait Theory's origins are in Biological Positivism and claims that criminality is the product of abnormal biological or physical traits.

 

Sociological theories of criminology believe that society influences a person to become a criminal. Examples include the social learning theory, which says that people learn criminal behavior from the people around them, and social conflict theory, which says that class warfare is responsible for crime.

 

What is deviance?

Deviance is an absence of conformity to these norms. Social norms differ from culture to culture. For example, a deviant act can be committed in one society that breaks

social norm there, but may be normal for another society.

 

Strain Theory for deviant behavior 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/19CHVpOqyWrtKiNSWYzIZjsMEBswsV1pYsWMdDi6BbA4/edit?usp=sharing Merton's Theory 

 

What can we learn about deviance from the video?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EzNhaLUT520&feature=&p=429C39CEEE664456&index=0&playnext=1  3:25

How does this video expose deviance?

 

Application: Movie or T.V. Show with one or more of the characters demonstrating the strain theory? 

 

Activity 1         Compare and contrast                    Crime and Deviance

Objective:

Recognize that crime and deviance have different meanings in different social, cultural, historic, and situational settings.

 

Question; What is the difference between crime and deviance?  

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBodqwAlW3A 10:30 Crash Course Crime.

 

Compare and contrast how crime and deviance are different but yet go together sociologically. Research, read, and present your conclusion to class at end of period. I gave you a head start below with two links. Page 176 and 187 in text.

Norm: A shared standard of behavior of what a human being should or should not think, say, or do under given circumstances. These rules are both written and unwritten which provide order and predictability on which social patterns are based. These rules are historically, situationally, and culturally specific at any time.

Directions:

1. Open the frayer model on crime and deviance. frayer_model Crime and deviance.docx

2. complete the frayer model with complete sentences using the sources supplied.

3. Share with the class the differences between crime and deviance.

http://www.sparknotes.com/sociology/deviance/section1.rhtml definition of deviance 

http://socyberty.com/sociology/theories-of-crime/ Definition and theories on crime 

http://tutor2u.net/sociology/deviance-and-crime.html Distiguish between crime and deviance.

http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/crime.html

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1963761,00.html What is Behind America's falling crime rate?

 

You Want a Car.....

The first and most common response is conformity.

Next four are deviant adaptations

1.innovation

2.ritualism

3.retreatism

4. rebellion

Merton presents five modes of adapting to strain caused by the restricted access to socially approved goals and means. He did not mean that everyone who was denied access to society's goals became deviant. Rather the modes of adaptation depend on the individual's attitudes toward cultural goals and the institutional means to attain them.

1) Conformity is the most common mode of adaptation. Individuals accept both the goals as well as the prescribed means for achieving those goals. Conformists will accept, though not always achieve, the goals of society and the means approved for achieving them.
2) Individuals who adapt through innovation accept societal goals but have few legitimate means to achieve those goals, thus they innovate (design) their own means to get ahead. The means to get ahead may be through robbery, embezzlement or other such criminal acts.
3) In ritualism, individuals abandon the goals they once believed to be within their reach and dedicate themselves to their current lifestyle. They play by the rules and have a daily safe routine.
4) Retreatism is the adaptation of those who give up not only the goals but also the means. They often retreat into the world of alcoholism and drug addiction. They escape into a non-productive, non-striving lifestyle.
5) Rebellion, occurs when cultural goals and the legitimate means are rejected. Individuals create their own goals and their own means, by protest or revolutionary activity.

How do you and others get that car?.....

 

4. How does it define a culture? Ex. Look up hikikomori, or people who choose to stay secluded in their rooms. They oppose conformity to success so they reteat to isolation in their rooms. How would functionalists explain that?

http://www.mookychick.co.uk/health-beauty/health-depression/hikikomori.php custom of hikikomori. Is this deviance?

 

Exit: How can a tattoo be a study of the difference between deviance or not? Use three perspectives to explain.

 

 

Activity  2                    Inference                                   Labeled a deviant   

de·vi·ant 

1. departing from usual or accepted standards, especially in social or sexual behavior.

 

 

Norm: A shared standard of behavior of what a human being should or should not think, say, or do under given circumstances. These rules are both written and unwritten which provide order and predictablility on which social patterns are based. These rules are historically, situationally, and culturally specific at any time.

 

 

Question: How does society make it uncomfortable for criminal or deviant people?

Remember: The first and most common response is conformity, otherwise there are four types of deviance!

Next four are deviant adaptations

1. innovation- do not accept the approved means of achieving goals.

2. ritualism- Abandon own goals and uphold expected norms or behaviors

3. retreatism- reject cultural and social goals and drop out.

4. rebellion- substitute new set of goals for current ones 

 

Directions: Read and apply the article below to the organizer on deviance.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/12uQ8Y9gAs_B7ak0NWukPC1KFG-VFWEPOeBv7zeYnqGo/edit?usp=sharing Use this Doc

 

 

 

Activity 3                   Stigma

Big question: Is Complete conformity unavoidable 

Stigma- a label or mark of social disgrace for a deviant. 

What is stigma? - Mental Health

Stigma is a mark of disgrace that sets a person apart. When a person is labeled, they are seen as part of a stereotyped group. Negative attitudes create prejudice which leads to negative actions and discrimination.

Article Example on what a stigma is. 

           --- A judge or parent orders a deviant to hold a sign in public shaming their behavior. http://wqad.com/2012/11/05/woman-to-weear-idiot-sign-after-driving-around-school-bus/ woman drives on sidewalk and has to wear idiot sign.

 

Examples in news of stigma       

           ---All cars belonging to people who are convicted of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol should carry a bumper sticker that reads" Warning, this driver has received an DWI".

           ---A sex offenders home in any neighborhood should be painted a bright Lime Green to warn families of their presence.

           --- People are labeled as loners, odd, different, dark, or distant and shunned by others around them.  

           --- Examples of what is deviant in one culture but not in another. Example "Asians think conformity is normal and individuality is deviant" opposite Europe and North America. 

 

Task: This Activity is to understand the significance of deviance and a stigma (a mark of social disgrace that sets a deviant apart from the rest of society).

Directions:

1. Open the frayer model stigma and deviance frayer model.docx

2. Look through the articles below

3. Answer the frayer model on what you learned about stigma and deviance.

Article 1

 

Article 2

http://www.wrn.com/2011/01/janesville-fights-chronic-drunk-drivers/ Posting drunk drivers in paper in Janesville.

Article 3

http://www.fox11online.com/dpp/news/janesville-police-publicize-names-of-drunken-drivers news and article on Janesville DD.

Article 4

Teacher Suspended For Making Students Wear Dog Collar As Punishment VIDEO.pdf  Many examples like

Teacher puts dog collar of shame on students.

 

4.   Discuss the labeling of deviants and if our society should place a stigma on them.

Article 5

 https://journaltimes.com/news/local/how-law-began-sex-minors/article_56c305b0-2649-5321-9a35-9129a112a7a7.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=email&utm_campaign=user-share Stigma of sex registry

Port 18 year old registers when 15 year old girlfriend gets pregnant.

 

 

Discuss

Exit: Name a stigma placed on a member of our society to expose their deviance or criminal behavior.

Exit: Is obesity deviant? Historically, cultural, and situational is it deviant?

 

Question: Should a society make it uncomfortable for criminal or deviant people by labels or stigmas?

Answer on presentation

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Dymf19E_jQDEfltPMX6hIzFnReex8uYiGL4yLdTnpyk/edit?usp=sharing Research and paste deviant labels on this slide show

 

 

 

Raise hand if you are not a deviant person! Lets see what you learned. 

Quiz on four types of deviance.docx do this quiz at end 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-5XwIBd5842IGtGXnYVPIS0jpASqF5A9ZA2u-fTjOG0/edit?usp=sharing quiz to give

 

 

 

 

 

Activity 4            Criminology meets sociology             How do we treat crime?              Punish or rehabilitate?

 Big question: Is Complete conformity unavoidable 

 

What is the role of prisons in society?

To get people to conform?

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bsk62mC1VXI 27:25 Crime and deviance

 

Read about a criminal. What should society do to get him to comply?

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1s2nW7v7r25NbJM_ulnFvHjVAYP1Hhbgi6cCVL_d2wWs/edit?usp=sharing 

 

What is the goal of prisons? Are they working on preventing crime? Are they meeting the needs of society?

Punishment v.s Rehabilitation 

www.prisonerlife.com-article-rehabilitation-vs-incarceration-non-violent-women-drug-offenders[1].pdf

 Article on women drug users. Should they be rehabed or locked up?

http://www.insideprison.com/Theory-of-Correctional-Programming-rehabilitation.asp Is prison humane?

http://www.ehow.com/about_6672983_prison-vs_-rehabilitation-centers.html Prison v.s. rehabilitation

http://voices.yahoo.com/punishment-vs-rehabilitation-criminal-justice-119962.html Prison v.s. rehab

and

Read article below on lies. Say something as you read.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303592404577363833634477636.html?mod=e2tw little liars, seeds of deviance?

 

Exit: How well are prisons at controlling crime and deviance?

 

 

 Activity 5                                   Recidivism  

Recidivism- refers to a person's relapse into criminal behavior. It's measured by criminal acts that result in re-arrest, re-conviction, or return to criminal behavior.

 Can people conform and rehab with a stigma? 

 

Big question: Is Complete conformity unavoidable?

 

Question:  Does deferred prosecution work on reducing crime or is it a danger to public safety?

Reducing recidivism requires creativity. Deferred prosecution is a great tool, but safeguards must be in place to ensure public safety. How should criminals be treated to ensure the most in public safety?

 

1. Read the links below. Take 20 minutes to prepare.

2. Form an opinion on the question.

3. Write down a few statements about how we can conform prisoners back into society

4. Elaborate on each others opinions

http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/111816219.html 

http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/states-toughoncrime-approach-hasnt-worked-hh4c808-141116203.html
www.jsonline.com-state-s-tough-on-crime-approach-hasn-t-worked[1].pdf

http://www.jsonline.com/news/opinion/be-very-wary-of-efforts-to-go-easier-on-criminals-8q4da47-141116213.html
www.jsonline.com-be-very-wary-of-efforts-to-go-easier-on-criminals[1].pdf

 

 

Exit: Can we keep criminals from recommitting crime?

What is an acceptable amount of conformity by reforming prisoners?

How can we change or reorganize our criminal justice system to handle Crime?

Is complete conformity possible?

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1bV-C7YawGazjUXFrImNaLf29Rb1OUuqLj6p0oS--hO8/edit?usp=sharing Put answers on a slide here

 

 

By the end of the unit can you…

 

    -  identify crime and deviance

    -  see how society uses stigma

    -  discuss how there is no such thing as complete conformity.

 

 

 

Final assessment              

 

Project goal: How do we treat crime and deviance?

 

 Essay demonstrating the differences and similarities of crime and deviance in society.

-People internalize norms but not every one of them is agreed upon as a positive or negative behavior or how to achieve conformity to them. Complete conformity is unavoidable. Deviance and criminality is the result.

 

Crime and Deviance

Crime is a violation of a written norm or law punishable by the government

Deviance is a significant violation of a social norm.

Stigma is mark of social disgrace that sets the deviant apart from the rest of society.

 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X_heItSBIaIEI0c0TSyIHaPHM1DfT5t4_5l_b3tC3rI/edit?usp=sharing 

 

Rubric

Not there yet	What to demonstrate	2 points- demonstrated
	To identify crime and deviance vocabulary and issues
	Examples of how society uses rehabilitation and punishment to reduce crime and deviance
	Discuss such thing as complete conformity.