In terms of policing shaping the way people behave I realized this will also change some people's everyday lives and their daily routines. But, it made me think do certain groups of people within society feel the need to change their behavior compared to others. Since we know minority communities are policed more than others, do they alter their behavior compared to a less diverse community? #so345

I found it interesting that this idea of being "copwise" is to be socially controlled by policing. People are adjusting the way they behave around police officers in order to not catch their attention when in public. This made me think about the definition of deviance and how it produces within a society. #so345

I made a connection after klemko's piece about the us vs. them mentality. Within Hunt's piece it mentioned how there was framing being done in order to justify their actions of using force. But, it made me think that the same thing may be done in terms of how police think civilians view them. Having this mindset that there is a "war on cops" it's going to frame the way they think their local communities feel about them. #so345

After reading Hunt's piece it really made me question the legitimacy behind the acts of police force. The piece highlighted that police officers frame their actions and normalize them by explaining that their use of force was justified due to the actions of the suspect. This leads me to believe that this way of thinking implicates bias. #so345

One thing that I found interesting within chapter 8 was secondary deviance. I never realized that sometimes when someone commits an act of deviance and gain a label, they internalize it and make it part of who they are. It opened my eyes to the idea that I think sometimes labels might make deviance worse rather than trying to help it. Someone is going to behave the way that they are labeled by society. #so345

Within chapter 8 Henry and Howard explain that deviance results from how others react to it rather than being inherit. This made me think about the labeling theory and how does it challenge the theory by saying that someone who is deviant is naturally different from everyone who isn't deviant? #so345

Another real world example that I connected to the idea of labeling that I discovered through chapter 7 was the drug epidemic. I think that the way certain are treated when it comes to drug punishments is dependent on the who the person is/what label they have. I think minorities and people within lower income housing are more likely to be drug busted than others. #so345

I think one of my major takeaways from chapter 7 was this idea that social structure and labeling play a role when forming someone's identity. If someone is labeled deviant that starts to attach itself to actual person, and can cause them to continue the deviance. I have definitely noticed this in the real world, especially within school systems. The kids that always kind of have that label continue to be 'deviant' for the remainder of the time they are in school. #so345

I made a connection to the different techniques of justification that we talked about in class to the actions of the people in the Milgram obedience experiment. I noticed that the actions performed by the people were very dependent on when authority figures were more or less present. This overall just shows that behavior is extremely environmentally and situationally dependent. #so345

I think one of the major things that stood out to me with the Milgram Obedience Experiment was the fact that they challenged the idea that not just deviant or bad people can "harm" others. I think it was the overall pressure that the people with the authority figures were putting on them that made them feel inclined to harm the other people within the experiment. #so345