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| the relativity of deviance |
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norms vary across societies we alsco know that deviance varies across soccieties
the collective conscience and the structural strain
egoism and anomie
norms change over time so we know that what was considered to be deviant at one time may be considered normative at another
norms vary with particular societies so we know that different subgroups within a society have different norms |
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| non-sociological theories of deviance |
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| cesare lombroso, william shelden, personality factors |
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| deviants are biological failures or "atavists" |
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| body shape determines deviance |
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| those with a strong conscience tend to be good while people with eweak consciences tend to be the deviants |
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| social norms exist outside the individual, therefore sociologists look for causes of deviance outside the individual |
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| the collective conscience |
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the totality of beliefs and sentiments common to the average members of the same society. made u;p of the values, beliefs, norms, and goals shared by a people in a particular society. a social oil that makes things run smoothly.
durkheim |
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argued that changes in suicide rates could be explained by not focusing on individuals but only by focusing on different social factors. As societies grow larger and more complex the things that held the society together would begin to fail and the suicide rates would go up
durkheim |
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mere structural strain
-rediscovered durkehims ideas and compared them to things other than suicide to try to explain other forms of deviance |
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| occurs when people are not well integrated into society. in a state of egoism, people lack ties to their social group |
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| a situation in which people do not experience the constraint of social norms- either because there are no norms or they don't know the norms. |
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| occurs when norms of a society do not match it's social structure |
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| merton's social structure |
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| every society have a soal and a means- in modern western society however there seems to be a significant gap, or disjunction between the goals and the means |
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