Chapter 19: Homophobia and Women’s Sport, by Blinde & Taub

5 Dimensions of Silence Surrounding Lesbianism in Women’s Sport

1. athletes’ difficulty in discussing lesbian topic

2. viewing lesbianism as a personal and irrelevant issue

3. disguising athletic identity to avoid lesbian label

4. team difficulty in addressing lesbian issue

5. administrative difficulty in addressing lesbian issue

3 Ways Athletes Internalized Societal Stereotypes

1. acceptance of lesbian stereotypes

2. acceptance of women’s sport team stereotypes

3. acceptance of negative images of lesbianism

 Thought: why do some groups internalize negative social stereotypes about themselves while others do not?

How does the stigma of homosexuality affect women's actions?

Chapter 20.  The Mark of a Criminal Record, by Pager

Three Possible Hypotheses for the Different Outcomes between Black and White Applicants with Criminal Records:

1. Will a criminal record will affect a black applicant less than a white applicant?
-what are the underlying assumptions fueling this hypothesis?

2. Will a criminal record will affect a black applicant more than a white applicant?
-what are the underlying assumptions fueling this hypothesis?

3. Will a criminal record will affect black and white applicants equally?
-what are the underlying assumptions fueling this hypothesis?

The 4 Possible Effects of Race and Criminal Records:

1. White Non-Criminals

2. White Criminals

3. Black Non-Criminals

4. Black Criminals

Independent Concept:

What is recidivism and how does it play into the thinking revealed in this article?

How does a criminal record affect individuals' likelihood of being defined as deviant in the future?

Chapter 21: The Saints and the Roughnecks; Chambliss

Visibility

Demeanor

Bias

How does class affect delinquent boys' ability to resist definitions of deviance?

Chapter 22: Doctors' Autonomy and Power; Liederbach

The Protective Cloak:

Status

Altruism

Autonomy

How does status affect doctors' ability to resist definitions of deviance?

Medical Kickbacks: Fee Splitting and Self-Referrals

Prescription Violations

Unnecessary Treatments

Sexual Misconduct

Chapter 5: Social Power: Conflict Theory of Crime; Quinney

6 Dimensions of the Conflict Theory of Crime:

 This the social power view of how definitions of deviance are constructed: what kind of view of society does it imply?

 1. the official definition of crime

2. formulating definitions of crime

3. applying definitions of crime

4. how behavior patterns develop in relation to definitions of crime

5. constructing an ideology of crime

6. constructing the social reality of crime

 [#1 a definition, #6 the composite; #s 2-5 the body of the theory]