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Scientific Method, Surveys, Experiments, Qualitative Research, Ethnography, and Interviews
Research Methods
behavior that violates laws
Crime
Behaviors that violate societal norms.
Deviance
Segmenting of people into different groups based on ranked criteria.
Social Stratification
One is rewarded for hard work and talent
Meritocracy
Identification, Elevation, Debating the cause, Change policy
Social Problem
The belief that racism no longer exists
Color Blind Racism
The process by which individuals learn and internalize the norms and values of society.
Socialization
The process by which being classified as “deviant” can influence a person’s future behavior.
Labeling Theory
people do not have enough food, clothing, or access to health and education services.
Absolute Poverty
Who defined social class as: "Ownership of the means of production"
Karl Marx
The belief that anyone can achieve success through hard work and determination.
American Dream
The income threshold below which an individual or family is considered poor.
Poverty Line
The overlapping of social categorizations like race, gender, and class.
Intersectionality
the process and consequences of passing class from one generation to the next
Social Reproduction
Structural factors such as economic inequality, lack of access to education, and discrimination that contribute to poverty.
Systemic Attributions of Poverty
Transition from illegal to legal in most states, Usage similar to cigarette smokers, Majority of users are: Male, Make less than $50,000 and lack of college degree, Millennial
Drugs formulated to replicate opium, Physicians overprescribed leading to addiction, and Pharmaceutical companies misled the public and medical community
The Opioid Epidemic
Medications
Behavioral treatments and counseling
Mutual support groups
Treatments for Addiction
Big Brothers/Big Sisters Program, Perry Preschool Project, Hot Spots Policing
Effective solutions to crime
When individuals cannot achieve socially approved goals through legitimate means, people may turn to innovation, ritualism, retreatism, or rebellion to adapt to this strain.
Strain Theory
Argues unequal status of women in society is reflected in the justice system.
Feminist Theory of Crime
Argues unequal status of women in society is reflected in the justice system.
Feminist Theory of Crime
Different kinds of work are compensated differently. Some roles require more training and time than others, and therefore incentives for difficult jobs should be higher.
Structural Functionalist approach to Poverty
Those who do have power tend to use it to further their own interests. Laws are created so that the elite’s interests are protected and others’ interests are deemed to be criminal.
Marx view of crime