Social Deviance Any transgression of social established norms
Social Deviance • Any transgression of social established norms. – Conley
• There is a range of acceptable behavior outside the ideal norm. – Outside the boundary = deviance
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Over conforming http: //www. angelfire. com/ny/sagi 17/
• Under conforming http: //www. daveyd. com/nutty. html
Social Control & Sanctions • • Negative Positive Formal Informal
WHAT’S GOOD ABOUT BAD? • Deviance affirms cultural values • Deviance can encourage social change – Civil rights movement – Suffragists http: //www 4. uncwil. edu/pricej/DEVIANCE_files/frame. htm
Absolutism Adapted from Sociology Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life, Newman • Inherently good or bad behavior • Potentially destructive • Typical deviant characteristics
Relativism Adapted from Sociology Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life, Newman & http: //www 4. uncwil. edu/pricej/DEVIANCE_files/frame. htm • Deviance is socially created by collective human judgments & ideas • People become deviant • Who is doing the defining – Deviance involves power
Immediate Situational Circumstances • Can influence definitions of deviance http: //www. drunkenfools. com/pictures/padre. html
The typical criminal?
• TV news & crime shows over represent violent crime • White collar crime
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