Deviance Flashcards
act that violates a norm
deviance
action that is perceived as violating widely shared values other than notmd
deviance
can be understood within social context
deviance
depends on time, situation, culture
devianve
two concerns
why people violate norms/laws, how society reacts
emile durkheim
sturctural functionalism
deviance helps to decine the limits of proper behavior
struct func
describe the loss of direction fely in a society when social control of indiv has become ineffective
anomie
robert merton
strain theory
devianve results when socially approved goals cannot be resched by socially approved means
strain theory
types of deviance
conformity, innovation, ritualism, retreatism,rebellion
accepting socially approved goals and the use of legitimate means to achieve that goal
conformity
accepting the goal of success but rejectedd the use of socially accepted means ex cheating, corruotion
innovation
people no longer set high success goals, and eoplebreject the importance of success whennthey realize they wont get it anyway
ritualism
withdrawal from society, rejecting goals ex Dryg addicts
retreatism
people reject and attempt to change the goals and means approved by society
rebellion
deviance is learned thru interaction with others
symbolic interactionism
product of f2f interactions
symbolic interactionism
deviance is a learned behavior
differential association
crime is most likely to occus in communities with weak social ties
social disorganization
society tends to react to a rule breaking act by labeling as deviany
Labeling
class conflict within society creates deviance
conflict
affects deviance in two ways
class interests determine which acts are criminalized and how heavily they are punished, economic pressures lead to offenses
deviance involving occasional breaking of norms that are not a pattern of a persons life style ex honor student comes home late on night
primary deviance
deviance in which an indivs life and identity are organized around breaking society’s norms
secondary deviance
regulates peoples behavior and actions
social control
2 types of social control
formal and informal
produced by govt
formal
enforced by family, caregver, teachers
informal
rely on deterrents such as personal shame or fear of supernatural punishment
built in controls
penal laws
formal
love or friendship, verbal communication
informal sanctions
