Alibis and Aliases: Some Notes on the `Motives' of Fiddling Bread Salesmen:
TL;DR: A lengthy period of participant observation and subsequent semi-structured interviewing in the sales department of a factory bakery showed that the bread salesmen regularly 'fiddle' small amounts of bread as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: A lengthy period of participant observation and subsequent semi-structured interviewing in the sales department of a factory bakery showed that the bread salesmen regularly `fiddle' small amounts o...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors proposed the account sequence as a mechanism by which parties to initial encounters deal with the discovery of dissimilarity and other conversational "disagreeables".
Abstract: The account sequence is proposed as a mechanism by which parties to initial encounters deal with the discovery of dissimilarity and other conversational “disagreeables.” A classification of offense, reproach, account, and evaluation forms is offered. The recorded conversations of 50 pairs of strangers were examined for the presence of account sequences. Each sequence was coded for type of offense, type of reproach, account strategy, and form of evaluation of the account. Persons were found to be likely to omit accounting when reproached for interaction offenses, work/school offenses, and personal identity offenses, or when the form of the reproach was a direct rebuke or imputation of moral/intellectual superiority of the reproacher. Excuses were most likely to be offered for offenses of taste/attitude/belief, work/school, and personal identity. Reproached individuals refused to account for personal identity and taste/attitude/belief offenses more often than other types; they also refused when the reproach...
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TL;DR: There is a dearth of deviance management articles on serious offenders, and no scholarly articles at all about one of the (legally) most serious offenders of all, the professional murderer as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: ers (Veevers, 1975), pilfering bread salesmen (Ditton, 1977), and conniving shoe salesmen (Friedman, 1974), bridge pros (Holtz, 1975), and poker pros (Hayano, 1977), marijuana smokers (Langer, 1976), massage parlor prostitutes (Verlarde, 1975), and other minor offenders (see, for example, Berk, 1977; Farrell and Nelson, 1976; Gross, 1977). There is a dearth of deviance management articles on serious offenders, and no scholarly articles at all about one of the (legally) most serious offenders of all, the professional murderer. Drift may be possible for the minor offender exploiting society’s ambivalence toward his relatively unserious behavior (Sykes and Matza, 1957). However, excuses for the more inexcusable forms of deviant behavior are, by definition, less easily come by, and the very serious offender may enter his career with few of the usual defenses.
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...The literature dwells on unwed fathers (Pfuhl, 1978), and childless mothers (Veevers, 1975), pilfering bread salesmen (Ditton, 1977), and conniving shoe salesmen (Friedman, 1974), bridge pros (Holtz, 1975), and poker pros (Hayano, 1977), marijuana smokers (Langer, 1976), massage parlor prostitutes…...
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors propose a method to solve the problem of "uniformity" in the following manner, i.i.d., i.e., i:
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined a variety of part-time theft techniques used by waiters in the restaurant trade using a self-report methodology using twelve hypothetical cases of ripping off in restaurants, three potential theft targets are assessed: the restaurant, customers of the restaurant and co-workers.
Abstract: The variety of part‐time theft techniques used by waiters in the restaurant trade is examined using a self‐report methodology. Using twelve hypothetical cases of ripping off in restaurants, three potential theft targets are assessed: the restaurant, customers of the restaurant, and co‐workers. Predictions about the frequency of involvement of these theft activities are tested using a sample of waiters in four “prime rib” restaurants. Hypotheses dealing with working conditions and the ability to neutralize moral controls against theft are presented to explain which waiters will be involved in employee theft. The theoretical implications of “amateur trading” and pecuniary‐based theft are developed in order to show the critical role that theft activities play in the work setting of the restaurant. The findings have implications for the “controlled larceny” solution to the problem of employee theft suggested by some observers.
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TL;DR: In the criminal justice system, as in everyday life, strategies of self-presentation play a critical role as discussed by the authors, examining the accounts convicted white-collar offenders provide while explaining themselves.
Abstract: In the criminal justice system, as in everyday life, strategies of self-presentation play a critical role. This article examines the accounts convicted white-collar offenders provide while explaini...
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TL;DR: The Marquis de Sade and the Quest for the Nonabsurd: A Sociology of the Absurd Revisited is illustrated with photographs by Rom Harre.
Abstract: Chapter 1 Foreword by Rom Harre Chapter 2 Preface Part 3 Introduction Chapter 4 Toward a Sociology of the Absurd Part 5 Scene Chapter 6 Territoriality Chapter 7 Time Tracks Chapter 8 Adventures Part 9 Agent Chapter 10 Freud, Mead, Goffman Chapter 11 Stage Fright and the Problem of Identity Chapter 12 Coolness in Everyday Life Chapter 13 Paranoia, Homosexuality, and Game Theory Part 14 Agency Chapter 15 Accounts Chapter 16 Accounts, Deviance, and Social Order Part 17 Purpose Chapter 18 Game Frameworks Part 19 Extroduction Chapter 20 A Sociology of the Absurd Revisited Part 21 Appendices Chapter 22 Appendix I: The Marquis de Sade and the Quest for the Nonabsurd Chapter 23 Appendix II: Power, Pluralism, and Order Chapter 24 Notes Chapter 25 Index
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