Psychopaths and sociopaths are often able to manage their condition and pass as “normal” citizens, although their capacity for manipulation and cruelty can have devastating consequences for people around them. In clinical analysis, these analytical categories should be distinguished from psychosis, which is a condition involving a debilitating break with reality. Psychopathy and sociopathy both refer to personality disorders that involve anti-social behaviour, diminished empathy, and lack of inhibitions. Hannibal Lecter in The Silence of the Lambs to Dexter Morgan in Dexter, the figure of the dangerous individual who lives among us provides a fascinating fictional figure. From Patrick Bateman in American Psycho to Dr. Psychopaths and sociopaths are some of the favourite “deviants” in contemporary popular culture. Introduction to Deviance, Crime, and Social Control Examine the overrepresentation of different minorities in the corrections system in Canada.Differentiate the different sources of crime statistics, and examine the falling rate of crime in Canada.Identify and differentiate between different types of crimes.Describe the symbolic interactionist approach to deviance, including differential association theory and labelling theory.Explain feminist theory’s unique contributions to the critical perspective on crime and deviance.Define how critical sociology understands the relationship between deviance, crime, and class inequality.Describe the functionalist view of deviance in society including social disorganization theory, control theory, and strain theory.Understand social control as forms of government including penal social control, discipline, and risk management.ħ.2.Differentiate between different methods of social control.Determine why certain behaviours are defined as deviant while others are not.Define deviance and categorize different types of deviant behaviour.
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