Social Organization of Deviance

Social Organization of Deviance

1. Social Organization Pyramid

   • Loners- keep deviance secret
   • Colleagues- coop with fellow deviants
   • Peers- Like colleagues but w/o minimal division of labor
   • Crew- 3+ ppl conduct sophisticated deviance
   • Formal Organizations- large crews, often global

2. White Collar Crime- focuses on corporate crime rather than street crime

   • Occupational Crime- Individuals acting on own behalf (employee, tax evasion)
   • Organizational Crime- committed by formal organization w/end goal for company

3. Drug Use & Diordered Eating Among College Women- Katherine Vecitis concluded college women misuse prescription drugs as loners rather than interact with other users. Street users are opposite and encourage use.

4. Cybercommunities of Self-Injury- Adler & Adler studied & concluded that internet offers separation & connection. Ppl can create their own culture. Self-Injurers have a double life- closed to normal interaction, open to internet.

5. On/Off-line Hacker Subcultures- Holt concluded that hacker subculture conceals blantant deviance. Online lacks uniformity & normal categorization. Offline is lacking discussion & not often done.

6. Gender & Victimization Risk among young Women in Gangs- Jody Miller studied & concluded women in gangs willingly traded for victimization within group but protection from ext enviornment.

7. Arena studied Hezbollah's global criminal operations. He concluded gradual decrease in state sponsorship of terrorism has forced terrorist orgs to seek alternative funding. Created a worldwide network to support criminal enterprise. Hezbollah is well prepared bc of this.

8. Elizabeth Bradshaw studied State-Corporate crime in the offshore oil industry. She concluded that the BP Oil Spill was motivated differential association theory: opportunity bc of close interactions between gov & industry to provide profit goal at expense of safety; lack of social control causing untold enviornmental damage.