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| is behavior (how people act), ideas (how people think), or attributes (how people appear) that some people in society—though not necessarily all people—find offensive, wrong, immoral, sinful, evil, strange, or disgusting. |
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| When we define an act of deviance as an actual crime. |
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| Behavior defined as a medical problem or illness that needs to be treated (i.e. hyperactivity or depression). |
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| Approach to defining deviance that rests on the assumption that all human behavior can be considered either inherently good or inherently bad |
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| Approach to defining deviance that rests on the assumption that deviance is socially created by collective human judgments and ideas |
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| Deviance occurs when culturally approved goals cannot be achieved by culturally approved means. |
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| Differential Association Theory |
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| People learn deviant patterns of behavior from those with whom they associate on a regular basis: friends, family members, peers. |
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States that deviance is the consequence of the application of rules and sanctions to an offender; a “deviant” is an individual who has been successfully labeled as such.
One benefit of having power is the ability to resist labels. |
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| How do people become deviant? |
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Strain Theory:
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Differential association theory: |
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| Who gets to define what is and is not deviant? |
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Definition of and response to deviance is often a form of social control exerted by more powerful groups.
Who or what is labeled depends on power of groups and individuals. |
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| What are the consequences of being labeled a deviant? |
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People form expectations of people who are labeled or presumed to be ‘deviant’.
Difficult to escape the label of ‘deviant’.
Punishment, ostracism, shame, guilt, public ridicule |
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| There are 3 Steps for an Act to be Deviant: |
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1. Some appropriate behavioral expectation (or social norm) is held and widely accepted
2. There is a violation of the normative behavioral expectation (or social norm)
3. There is a social reaction to the deviance (e.g. shaming, criticizing, ostracism, imprisonment etc.) |
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| How is Deviance a ‘Good’ Thing? |
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reaction to deviance clarifies moral boundaries and promotes social unity
affirms cultural values and norms
deviance encourages social change |
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