The Sociology of the Deviant Act: Anomie Theory and Beyond

Cohen, Albert K.

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“…Cultural scripts, attributions, and adaptations provide useful tools for understanding how exoffenders manage stigmatized identities (Goffman, 1963) as they navigate reentry. We contend that the particular narratives offered by exoffenders who have successfully reentered reveal the social scripts available to replace the "felon label" (Cohen, 1965) with a new social identity that holds purpose, meaning, and a sense of control in a world where they have few tangible options or opportunities. The interview data were thematically arranged and categories delineated to better understand how some exoffenders, despite profound social barriers, successfully reentered their communities.…”

Section: Narratives Of Reentry and Reformmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exoffender Accounts of Successful Reentry from Prison

Hlavka

Wheelock

Jones

2015

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

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Section: Narratives Of Reentry and Reformmentioning

confidence: 99%

Exoffender Accounts of Successful Reentry from Prison

Hlavka

Wheelock

Jones

2015

Journal of Offender Rehabilitation

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“…General strain theory (Agnew, 1992) is a revision of earlier versions of strain theory stemming from Merton (1938) and others (see Cloward & Ohlin, 1960;Cohen, 1965). Instead of primarily focusing on the disjunction between culturally defined goals and the legitimate means to obtain them, Agnew (1992) includes a variety of strains that could influence the likelihood of delinquency.…”

Section: General Strain Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

The moderating effects of religiosity on the relationship between stressful life events and delinquent behavior

Johnson

Morris

2008

Journal of Criminal Justice

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Previous research has shown that many forms of strain are positively related to delinquency. Evidence also suggests that religiosity buffers the effects of strain on offending, but this issue requires further research. Using data from a national sample of adolescents, this study examined whether or not religiosity conditioned the relationship between strain and delinquency. This study also looked at the ability of social support, self-esteem, and depression to moderate the influence of strain on delinquent behavior. The findings here lend support to general strain theory in that strain had a direct positive effect on delinquency, yet there was little evidence that the relationship was moderated by religiosity or other conditioning variables. The roles of moderating variables on strain across genders were also considered.

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“…Similarly, According to Cohen (1965) school, through teachers and managers imposes expectations based on social-middle class-standards on students. Of course the main expected output for this imposition process is to create conformity toward macro level values and norms of the society.…”

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Graffiti As An Example Of Conformity/Non-Conformity Toward Organizational Values

Ünlü¹

2017

The European Proceedings of Social and Behavioural Sciences

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This paper discusses school desk graffiti as an example of conformity/non-conformity towards main education values of schools. So, from four different school categories (vocational high school; science high school; Anatolian high school; Islamic divinity high school) and five different high schools, 3092 photographs had been taken to collect graffiti samples. These samples are categorized under two clusters; conformity and non-conformity to the 20 categorizations (educational values of schools). These educational values of school organizations derived from the Ministry of National Education's report, which aimed to draw the "The Profile of 21 st Century Student". According to results, main findings of this research can be grouped under three points: (1) Organization characteristics affect the content of the graffiti. (2) School graffiti is an example of conformity to the organizational values. (3) School graffiti is an example of non-conformity to the organizational values. By means of these findings, graffiti as overlooked form of communication provide a discussion ground to look at the interaction between agent (student) and organization (school).

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The Sociology of the Deviant Act: Anomie Theory and Beyond

Cited by 190 publications

References 3 publications

Exoffender Accounts of Successful Reentry from Prison

Exoffender Accounts of Successful Reentry from Prison

The moderating effects of religiosity on the relationship between stressful life events and delinquent behavior

Graffiti As An Example Of Conformity/Non-Conformity Toward Organizational Values

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