Deviance
Crime
Social Control
Social Perspective of Deviance and Crime
Part 1
Social Perspective of Deviance and Crime
Part 2
100
In the film "Traffic", this character is a daughter of an important public official but chronically abuses cocaine.
Who is Caroline Wakefield (Erika Christensen/Judge's Daughter)
100
Discuss a few examples of white-collar crime in "traffic"
Open for discussion
100
Video Clip! This scene depicts a characteristic of social control.
What is sanction?
100
Based on Durkheim's analysis, these two characters display that regardless of how "good" such people may appear to be to outsiders, they may face sanction within the group for the good of the whole.
Who is Helena Ayala and Catherine Wakefield?
100
Based on Merton's Theory, this group would be considered as "retreatists."
Who are Caroline and her junkie friends?
200
A label used to devalue members of a certain social group.
What is stigma?
200
This type of crime is evident in the following scene.
What is victimless crime?
200
Caroline Wakefield experiences this type of social control while in drug rehab.
What is formal social control?
200
Video Clip! This Theory of Deviance argues that there is nothing inherently deviant or criminal in any act; the key is how society responds to the act.
What is Durkheim's Theory of Deviance
200
According to Merton, this man is considered the "innovator."
Who is Javier Rodriguez?
300
Discuss different attitudes towards drug abusers in this society
Discussion includes stigma, and labeling.
300
Carlos Ayala is convicted of this type of crime.
What is white-collar crime?
300
This is enforced throughout "Traffic" and is defined as a governmental social control.
What is law?
300
According to Merton, this character can be considered a conformist.
Who is Robert Wakefield?
300
A school of criminology that argues that criminal behavior is learned through social interaction.
What is cultural transmission?
400
Name this infamous deviant person. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/.a/6a00d8341c630a53ef0120a559a885970b-600wi
Who is Charlie Sheen?
400
Name a city in "Traffic" that has groups of organized crimes and drug trafficking.
What is Tijuana, Mexico? What is San Diego, California?
400
The act of going along with peers or individuals of our own status who have no special right to direct our behavior.
What is conformity?
400
This character is a "ritualist."
Who is Montel Gorden?
400
Discuss if this character exemplifies cultural transmission or differential association. http://www.kinoweb.de/film2001/Traffic/pix/tr2.jpg
Open for discussion.
500
_______ is behavior that violates the standards of conduct or expectations of a group or society.
What is deviance?
500
The smuggling of drugs between the US and Mexico is this type of crime.
What is transnational crime?
500
This is why social control was seen in a negative way in "Traffic."
Open for discussion.
500
This theory contends that criminal victimization increases when communal relationships and social institutions break down. Additionally, discuss how this relates to "Traffic".
What is social disorganization theory?
500
These the four basic forms of adaption by Robert Merton's Anomie Theory of Deviance.
What are conformity, ritualist, retreatist, innovator, and rebel?
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