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Danielle MacCartney
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Is technology a social problem or a solution for social problems?
In this video, I discuss technology and ask if technology is making us better or worse as people and as societies. I discuss William Ogburn's theory of social change, which argues that technology shapes society. Throughout the video, I use the example of AI to represent technology.
Sources and further reading:
Weeber, S. (2023). Technology and Social Problems. In: The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Problems. Palgrave Macmillan
Webster, F., & Erickson, M. (2004). Technology and social problems. Handbook of Social Problems: A Comparative International Perspective, 416-32.
And, given the topic of this talk, of course I asked ChatGPT to suggest some benefits and problems of AI!
Sources and further reading:
Weeber, S. (2023). Technology and Social Problems. In: The Palgrave Handbook of Global Social Problems. Palgrave Macmillan
Webster, F., & Erickson, M. (2004). Technology and social problems. Handbook of Social Problems: A Comparative International Perspective, 416-32.
And, given the topic of this talk, of course I asked ChatGPT to suggest some benefits and problems of AI!
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What are social problems?
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In this video, I define social problems and discuss how functionalism, conflict, and interactionism view social problems.
How Does the Reaction to Deviance Create More Deviance? Here's what Labeling Theory Says
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An overview of labeling theory, including discussions of the looking glass self, the definition of the situation, role taking, Lemert's primary and secondary deviance, and reintegrative shaming. 0:00 Start 0:48 Developing a sense of self 1:43 Definition of the situation 2:13 Role taking 3:48 Looking glass self 07:50 Lemert's primary and secondary deviance 13:22 Degradation ceremonies 16:50 Self...
Social Learning Theories
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This lecture covers social learning theories of deviance, including differential association theory, social learning, and techniques of neutralization. 0:00 Introduction 01:22 Differential Association Theory 16:26 Social Learning Theory 22:55 Techniques of Neutralization Sources and More Info: Bennett, K., & Brickley, T. (2014). Labeling and symbolic interaction theories of crime. In J. S. Alba...
Social Learning Theories of Crime
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In this video, we discuss labeling theories, primary and secondary deviance, and reintegrative shaming. 00:00 Start 00:40 Differential Association Theory 02:29 Differential Reinforcement 03:18 Social Learning Theory 06:32 Definitions of the Situation 08:24 Techniques of Neutralization 11:27 Strengths of Social Learning Theories 12:18 Limitations of Social Learning Theories 13:05 Policy Implicat...
Psychological Theories of Criminal Behavior
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This video provides a brief overview of psychological theories of criminal behavior, discussing psychoanalytic perspectives, personality theories, and general psychological perspectives. 00:00 Start 00:22 Psychoanalytic Theories 01:48 Personality Theories 02:33 Psychopathy 04:15 Antisocial Personality Disorder 05:07 Borderline Personality Disorder 05:38 Psychological Criminal Intervention (Psyc...
Born That Way: Biological and Biosocial Theories of Crime
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In this video, I discuss biological and biosocial theories of crime, including Lombroso's atavism and criminal types, behavioral genetics, biosocial arousal theory, and Autonomic Nervous System theory. Jump to: 00:00 Start 00:17 Early Biological Theories 00:54 Lombroso 02:46 Critiques of Lombroso 05:04 Behavioral Genetics 07:59 Soft Determinism 09:03 Biosocial Arousal Theory 10:19 Autonomic Ner...
What Is Crime Theory?
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In this video, I discuss what crime theory is and several important key terms associated with crime theory. To learn more, check out one of these publications, which served as the sources for the information in the video: Akers, R. L. (2013). Criminological theories: Introduction and evaluation. Routledge. Cordner, A. (2014). Theory and public policy. In J. Albanese (Ed), The Encyclopedia of Cr...
Classical Criminology
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In this video, I discuss classical criminology, focusing on Beccaria and Bentham, deterrence theory, rational choice theory, routine activities theory, and shock incarceration. Learn more: Valasik, M. (2014). Classical criminology. In J. Albanese (Ed), The Encyclopedia of Criminology and Criminal Justice. Wiley. Ahmad, J., & Emeka, T. Q. (2014). Rational choice theory. In J. Albanese (Ed), The ...
General Strain Theory Explains Why We Engage in Criminal Behavior
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This quick clip reviews Robert Agnew's General Strain Theory.
What Causes Crime? Anomie Says: Strain
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This video summarizes Merton's theory of anomie and Messner and Rosenfeld's theory of institutional anomie. Sources and Suggested Further Reading: Inderbitzin, M., Bates, K. A., & Gainey, R. R. (2016). Deviance and social control: A sociological perspective. Sage Publications. Merton, R. K. (1938). Anomie and social structure. American sociological review, 3(5), 672-682. Messner, S. F., & Rosen...
Intercultural Competence: Openness
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A brief overview of openness as a component of intercultural competence
Theories of Gender and Sexuality
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How the "big three" sociological theories view gender and sexuality
Social Control, Part III: Informal and Formal Social Control
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Social Control, Part III: Informal and Formal Social Control
Brief Overview of Deviance According to Conflict Theory
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Brief Overview of Deviance According to Conflict Theory
Deviance in Film Part II: Analyzing Deviance in Film
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Deviance in Film Part II: Analyzing Deviance in Film
Deviance in Film Part I: The Steps of Analyzing Deviance in Film
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Deviance in Film Part I: The Steps of Analyzing Deviance in Film
Overview of Strain Theories with a Focus on White Collar Crime
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Overview of Strain Theories with a Focus on White Collar Crime
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Im studying my 1st year of a level in the uk doing sociology this is very helpful
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Thanks for your explanations, I am a student from Oman and I will suggest your video in one of my classes.
Civility. And you dont owe that , media is also a technique, unless you have individual non monopolized
One of the approaches to explain the origins of crime that I have not yet seen explored is the ecological. That is, just as there are producers and partners who work together prosocially to acquire resources, there are humans who are parasitic and predatory on those producers. Whether intraspecies parasitism/predation is due to a particular suite of genes, a failure during fetal development to correctly wire a prosocial brain, or disease, trauma or some other cause is yet to be determined. Nature is not interested in how one gets the means of living, just that one survives and reproduces. Sociopaths, those people who are parasitic and predatory on their own species, are successful on those terms. The question is, how do we prosocials prevent and constrain such behavior? Biological approaches , like brain function assays that can detect sociopathy, offer hope I detecting and constraining sociopathic behavior.
Great question! There's another theory called social bond theory (part of the control theories) that argues we deter crime through social connections -- this relates to at least part of what you're saying by arguing that social conditions matter to get people in a society on the same page to avoid and repress criminal behavior. Ideally, many of these theories should be used together to repress crime.
In hunter-gatherer societies a sort of natural crime control happens because the groups are small, everyone not only knows the offender but his/her history and family, and social controls l8ke gossip, shaming, shunning, punishment and exile can be deployed to keep the peace. The problem for urbanized, mobile, and largely anonymous societies is that we do not always know the offender and his history before we are victimized. What I am proposing are physiological tests (like GSR paired with verbal and photographic stimuli) to detect sociopaths and attempt to redirect their antisocial impulses in a more prosocial direction. Better minds than mine will have to help us with that challenge!
Thank you SO MUCH for your videos. As someone deeply interested in behaviour, but my disability stops me from seeking formal education, your stuff just gets me so fired up! Are definitions essentially what Zimbardo was trying to assess in his Stanford Prison Experiment? As in definitions derive from an initial value, but that value is up for trade dependent upon the circumstances (as you went over). I feel like that, and other experiments like it (Milgram), are trying to touch on that very topic. How far can a value be pushed before it's bent or broken, and where did that value come from in the first place?
That's an interesting perspective! Scholars haven't made that connection, but it makes a lot of sense. Milgram and Zimbardo were both interested in what people would do in certain circumstances. They had their own ideas about WHY people did those things. Akers, on the other hand, was focused on the WHY and didn't worry as much about what specific things people did. Thanks for sharing your insights! Very interesting!
@@daniellemaccartney ok so just for my clarity, Akers is looking at the trigger, and Milgram et al, are looking how the trigger is fired off? Thanks for your time 🙏
@@aroset I'm not sure either group would phrase it that way, but it's a good interpretation.
Crime is arbitrarily defined and we are under constant threat by State-empowered bullies with deadly weapons and vicious dogs who have the power to destroy our property, beat us, rob us, and wreck our lives at their whim. Our only hope is not being too poor to pay our way out of incarceration and employ _viable_ representation in court. It seems to me that the disordered psychology (particularly _psychopathy_ and lack of empathy) is more likely in the servants and proponents of this wicked, abusive system.
As the class I'm teaching this semester unfolds (theories of crime and justice), I'll be posting more videos about different interpretations of the causes of crime. In another month or two, I'll create a video of state crime, which is in line with a lot of your comment.
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Very well explained and illustrated; thank you for this! We need more of this.
Lots of info in a short video. Well done! This will be very helpful
This was a great overview! thank you for helping me study my final :) !
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What Is Wrong With Our Society Today? If we viewed human society a single live organism, then what would we see? We would see that, in its current state of development, its immune system is barely working, and its cells and organs, which should be sustaining the body’s health, are deteriorating. Personal, social, economic and ecological problems are all on the rise, including depression, stress, loneliness, emptiness, anxiety, xenophobia, drug abuse, suicide, income equality, poverty, climate change, and although many people are trying to patch and treat these problems, the efforts fail to solve the problem at its overarching cause. What is the cause of all problems in human society? It is the human ego, i.e., the innate calculative mechanism in human nature that prioritizes self-benefit over benefiting others, which makes society’s individual “cells” each pull to themselves more than giving to others, bringing on the downfall of the entire organism of human society. As cancer takes place when cells take more than they need at the expense of the body, so our society is currently made up of egoists each guided by an enveloping egoistic paradigm that supports the idea of success as becoming individually wealthy, famous and powerful. That we are egoists is a nature-given situation, but the social influence and public opinion that supports egoistic goals and values is what’s wrong with society. Nature functions oppositely to the human ego: altruistically and according to laws of interconnection and interdependence. It thus rejects our growing ego, and the more we develop today, the more we feel pressured between our growing ego that wants to detach from others, and nature’s tendency to connect us all into a single whole. Therefore, the more we develop today, the more we enter into an increasing entanglement of complications, and it is all in order to bring us to the realization that our egoistic nature stands behind all of our problems, that it is an inherently evil quality, that we helplessly follow its demands to try and fill it with self-aimed pleasure at the expense of others time and again, and that any move to improve society requires first diagnosing the ego as the cause of all our problems. Then, when we reach a widespread realization of this common cause to all our problems, we can start fixing it. When we reach such an awakening, we will realize that there is no person, group of people, or political or religious orientation to blame for our problems. There is only our very egoistic nature, dwelling in each and every one of us. How can we then correct human nature, if it is the cause of all our problems? It is possible if we create an environment that supports the ego’s correction, so that instead of receiving for self-benefit alone at the expense of others, we would want to positively contribute and connect to others in order to benefit them, without any “What will I get out of it?” intent. It is against human nature to give and contribute to others, but if we changed public opinion, our social and media influences, and also our education, in order that we learn the nature of humanity’s increasing interdependence today, how the human ego opposes our growing interdependence and also why this is the cause of all our problems, and that the way to resolve our myriad problems today is by correcting our connections to each other-creating an environment that supports giving and contributing to society, prioritizing values of mutual consideration and responsibility over competitive and individualistic ideas of success-then we would be on course to a monumental positive social transformation.
Is this inspired by James Chriss book on social control?
can a social problem beat goku tho?
i see
Thank you for this video, this really helped me to understand this topic.
You are a great Professor Kindly upload more
How funny! your sayings come directly from The Encyclopedia of Crime and Punishment Chapter: Critical Criminology. it would have been much preferable if you mentionned the reference.
These were lecture notes from readings in a deviance and social control class that I put together hastily. I'm teaching it again in the spring and I'll update the video to include the reading sources. Thanks for the note!
Wow, I find this easier to understand than other videos. Thank you!