Soc109 Lecture Three: Order Before Law

SOC109 Lecture Three Order Before Law: Welcome to Social Control Professor Zach Richer  The Bridge We’re not that different! Crime and Law: Sides of a coin  Interest in how ‘deviance’ is defined and punished  Emphasis on how courts administer justice  A concern...

SOC109 Lecture Three Order Before Law: Welcome to Social Control Professor Zach Richer  The Bridge We’re not that different! Crime and Law: Sides of a coin  Interest in how ‘deviance’ is defined and punished  Emphasis on how courts administer justice  A concern for social inequalities that derive from the criminal justice system Theyare best understood dynamically, as a conversation, back and forth, asking different questions of one another  ‘Normal’ Is a Lot of Work Law is one way to go about it But law is a lot of work, too And it’s less effective than you think! What else is there? Think of the norm in normal Wehave to be disciplined into norms What Is Social Control? What Is Social Control? Don’t be fooled by the name Think less of ‘control’ than ‘regulation’ Justlike ‘normal’ what is ‘regular’ takes a lot of work! What Is Social Control? All those mechanisms and resources by which members of society attempt to assure the norm-conforming behaviour of others. — Chriss (2022:7) What Is Social Control? All those mechanisms and resources by which members of society attempt to assure the norm-conforming behaviour of others. — Chriss (2022:7) We are all participants in social control What Is Social Control? All those mechanisms and resources by which members of society attempt to assure the norm-conforming behaviour of others. — Chriss (2022:7) There are informal and formal sanctions What Is Social Control? All those mechanisms and resources by which members of society attempt to assure the norm-conforming behaviour of others. — Chriss (2022:7) This isn’t just constraint, it’s about coordination What Is Social Control? All those mechanisms and resources by which members of society attempt to assure the norm-conforming behaviour of others. — Chriss (2022:7) and Richer (just now)  Solidarity is a Social Fact That means that it is a fundamental feature of every society, everywhere Go ahead, try to think of a society without it As society changes, the forms of solidarity have to change, too In modernity you see a transition from mechanical to organic solidarity Emile Durkheim 1858-1917  Back to Solidarity Solidarity may be a social fact but the form that it takes can change As society becomes more complex, solidarity becomes based less on social similarity than on functional interdependence So how does that change the way we regulate one another? Institutions take on important roles in disciplining individuals  A Hidden Curriculum? There is a whole system of rules in the school that predetermine the child’s conduct. He must come to class regularly, he must arrive at a specified time and with an appropriate bearing and attitude. He must not disrupt things in class…Together they constitute the discipline of the school.” — Durkheim (1925/1973:148)  A Hidden Curriculum? There is a whole system of rules in the school that predetermine the child’s conduct. He must come to class regularly, he must arrive at a specified time and with an appropriate bearing and attitude. He must not disrupt things in class…Together they constitute the discipline of the school.” — Durkheim (1925/1973:148)  A Hidden Curriculum? There is a whole system of rules in the school that predetermine the child’s conduct. He must come to class regularly, he must arrive at a specified time and with an appropriate bearing and attitude. He must not disrupt things in class…Together they constitute the discipline of the school.” — Durkheim (1925/1973:148)  A Hidden Curriculum? There is a whole system of rules in the school that predetermine the child’s conduct. He must come to class regularly, he must arrive at a specified time and with an appropriate bearing and attitude. He must not disrupt things in class…Together they constitute the discipline of the school.” — Durkheim (1925/1973:148)  Bizarro Durkheim? Yup, discipline is not about punishment: it’s about cultivation and habituation, crafting what is sensible and possible Thisis powerful stuff: It is as much about production as constraint But this is a bad thing! Michel Foucault …Or is it? 1926-1984