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| "It's not the act itself but the reactions to the act that make something deviant" |
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| He used the term STIGMA to refer to characteristics that discredit people (i.e: blindness,mental handicapp, or a man with AIDS or someone who is a brother f a rapist) |
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| SHe did an observation on a lower class Chicano neighborood. They believed in a concept of "honor". " A real man has honor, an insult is a threat to a mans honor". This resulted in lots of fights and acts of violence(deviance). |
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| He developed the COntrol Theory: our inner and outer controls work against our motivations to deviate |
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| developed the Strain Theory: The fustration felt when people want success but find their way to it blocked |
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| "Mental illnesses are neither mental nor illnesses. They are simply problem behaviors" |
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