NCJ Number
12902
Journal
Social Forces Volume: 52 Issue: 2 Dated: (DECEMBER 1973) Pages: 259-267
Date Published
1973
Length
9 pages
Annotation
THE POTENIAL OF LABORATORY RESEARCH FOR ATTACKING THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS OF THE SOCIETAL-RESPONSE PERSPECTIVE IN THE FIELD OF DEVIANCE.
Abstract
THE RESULTS OF SMALL GROUP RESEARCH BY S. SCHACHTER, AND E.E. SAMPSON AND A.C. BRANDON ARE REINTERPRETED WITHIN A CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK DERIVED FROM THE SOCIETAL-REACTION LITERATURE. THESE TWO STUDIES SUGGEST THAT INCLUSIVE REACTIONS TO DEVIANCE ATTEMPT TO CONTROL DEVIATION THROUGH INTENSE INTERACTIONAL PRESSURE, ACCOMPAINED BY RELATIVELY LOW ATTITUDINAL HOSTILITY TOWARD THE DEVIANT. EXCLUSIVE REACTIONS TO DEVIANCE REJECT THE DEVIANT AS AN OUTSIDER AND ARE CHARACTERIZED BY LOW LEVELS OF INTERACTION, BUT HIGH LEVELS OF COVERT HOSTILITY. INCLUSIVE REACTIONS TEND TO OCCUR WHEN DEVIANCE IS ATTRIBUTED TO A PARTICULAR SITUATION, WHEREAS DEVIANCE ATTRIBUTED TO THE CHARACTER OF THE DEVIANT TENDS TO RESULT IN EXCLUSIVE REACTIONS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)