Intro Sociology
Social science that focuses on society, human social behavior, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and aspects of culture associated with everyday life.
Sociology
theory believing that crime must be controlled early on and that harsher punishments for smaller crimes must be in place to prevent larger ones
Broken windows theory
Races participate in drug use equally, but ___ are more likely to be arrested and jailed
Blacks
Term that refers to the act of repeating criminal behaviors even after the negative consequences of such have been experienced
Recidivism
Movement dedicated to fighting racism and particularly anti-Blackness in society and institutionally. With a specific focus on police brutality.
BLM/Black Lives Matter Movement
Any condition/behavior that has negative consequences for a large number of people
Social Problem
Concept that if you get in trouble in school, you are more likely to end up in the criminal justice system
School to Prison pipleline
Not allowing people of color to buy property in a certain area
What is red lining?
What are deterrence, incarceration, retribution, and rehabilitation?
The four ways the criminal justice system tries to control and punish criminals.
Organization that fights to bring about awareness and prevention of the violence and abuse that Indigenous women disproportionately face. Abbreviation known as MMIW
Missing Murdered Indigenous Women Movement
Society is viewed as an ordered system of interrelated parts, or structures.
Structural Funtionalism
It is the concept that women make up a majority of the world’s poor due to inequality in living standards and gender pay gap.
Feminization of Poverty
The process of exploitation of resources and land while displacing/murdering the Indigenous people of the area. Happened in the United States, Hawaii, and Philippines.
White Settler Colonialism
What drug is legal in the 19 states but not legalized in Hawaii?
Marijuana
A campaign that seeks to establish political and economic control to Indigenous people in the United States and Canada over land that had historically belonged to them prior to colonization.
Land Back Movement
Sees social conflict as the basis of society and social change, and emphasizes a materialist view of society, a critical view of the status quo, and a dynamic model of historical change, emerged from the writings of Marx
Conflict theory
Refers to the currently high rate of incarceration in the United States
Mass incarceration
Being pulled over while driving based on skin color.
What is racial profiling
Name 3 reasons why adults in poverty are more likely to be arrested
(free response)
Examples:
* homelessness
* untreated mental illness
* Not being able to pay child support
* Not being able to pay fines
* Lack of access to resources
* School-to-Prison Pipeline
An alternative to the punitive structure of prisons. Looks to reforms and rehabilitate those that have committed crimes rather than punish. Includes community and victim input when finding a solution.
Restorative Justice
Sees interaction and meaning as central to society and assumes that meanings are not inherent but are created through interaction.
Symbolic interactionalism
Every ___ seconds, an individual in the United States is arrested for drug posession.
25 seconds
Movement in the 60s to stop racial segregation
What is the civil rights movement?
Movement designed to combat current patriarchal systems of oppression designed to disadvantage those outside the confines of cis masculinity. Advocates for the political, social, and economic agency and mobility across gender and color lines.
Feminist Movement