The example of Tex given in the article is incredibly disheartening. Especially in areas like Skid Row, street-level criminalization shouldn't be the methods used to solve crime in the area. Instead of handing down numerous expensive fines for small things, people should be receiving resources and help. People aren't going to be able to get back on their feet if they are fined, jailed bc they couldn't pay the fine, lose their housing, and then rack up more fines. It's ineffective. #so345

It's also extremely surprising to me that there is no standardized police training courses. Of course each state has their own issues but fundamentally we all face similar issues such as crime and deviance. If there was more thought put into training officers in terms of deviance/policing/control to understand the fundamentals of their job, I think it might do wonders for when they're faced with difficult decisions. #so345

The idea that police officers are being told to "be more dangerous" and hold a "warrior mentality" concerns me to the fullest extent. They believe that it's just the heavy media focus surrounding the rare, brutal/violent officers when I think it's not as rare as they'd like to think. After reading both Klemko and Hunt, it seems that officers are taught from the start that violence is the answer. Hunt says its worse to use too little force than too much. #so345

"The study of others' social deviance soon reveals the ubiquity of social deviance in social life" (pg. 167). This quote comes from the conclusion of Henry & Howard and explains exactly my perspective as we finish this book. Before reading, my definition of deviance was limited to just negative, extreme forms. Now I feel I notice small acts of deviance everyday. #so345

Chapter 8 discusses the "discredited" which aims to fix their 'spoiled' identity. This reminded me of Internet celebrities that are cancelled such as Shane Dawson, Colleen Ballinger, David Dobrik, James Charles, and so on. After being blasted online by millions of people, they're still trying to fix people's perception of their online persona to promote a positive self-image. #so345

An example of positive stigma that I was thinking of after reading the professional tennis example was Alysa Liu. She's been skating since she was 5 and rose to enormous levels of success which contributes to the positive deviance label. However despite the awards and opportunities, she was still facing her own battles with mental health issues and burnout. Now as she's come back to skating on her own terms, she's even more favored. #so345

While reading about the Saints and Roughnecks it reminded me of what we talked about in class with master status and auxiliary characteristics. For the Saints their master status is upper middle class and the Roughnecks it's being lower class. For the Saints, auxiliary characteristics include having the resources (car), excuses getting out of school, community approval. For the Roughnecks it's the opposite, no resources, no excuses, no approval. #so345

In the end of the Chambliss reading it discusses how "visible, undiplomatic, etc" kids will always be noticed and punished rather than those who are "bright, invisible, disciplined, etc". During my senior year of high school, I noticed a lot of senior boys who were categorized being respectable/intelligent who would deviate in almost similar ways to the Saints (less alcohol/truancy). It was interesting to draw connections between the reading and my own experience. #so345

The example of the pseudo-patients in the hospital was incredibly fascinating to read about. It shows how powerful labels can be especially with extreme deviants. As the book mentioned, the framework with what the staff used to view the patients behavior led to the continued support of the diagnosis. When given a label to view a person through, any sort of interaction or behavior is come to somehow fit underneath that label #so345

Something I found interesting while reading Chapter 7 was the theory of office. The classification and creation of categories to understand the difference between normal and extreme deviants on it's own I understand. It's intriguing to see how these categories interact with the labeling theory. #so345