Society will have pathological features as well,

社会也会有疾病的特征
and there are abnormalities in society--

社会中会有反常情况
and somehow believes that social researchers

所以会相信社会研究者
will be able to establish

也能确定
what abnormality is and what pathologies are.

什么是反常有什么样的病理特征
This is, I think, troubling for most social scientists, right,

这一点对大多数社会科学家来说有些棘手
because we seem to have some commitment to

因为我们好象承诺
at least value neutral type of analysis, right,

在价值观上要保持中立性
in which we do not

我们并不是非得要
label necessarily phenomena out. Right?

把社会现象打上标签
We know labeling theory; you may have heard about it.

我们都知道标签理论你们可能听说过
You label something as criminal or abnormal,

你将某事标为有罪的或不正常的