Deviance

Question 1

Functionalist P.O.V

Answer 1

Arguing from facts
Communicates boundaries- what is normal or unacceptable
Needs to be manufactured to regulate social order

Question 2

Strain Theory

Answer 2

Focus on behaviour- WHY
Social structures within society may pressure citizens to commit crime
Goals (culturally derived) and Ends (social institutions)

Question 3

Differential Association

Answer 3

People become deviant or criminal depending on who you surround yourself with

Question 4

Critical Theory

Answer 4

Focus on process
There’s no such thing as inherently deviant or criminal behaviours- only there because someone said so
Who decides?

Question 5

Labelling

Answer 5

Depends on perpetrator (status) and labeller (power)

Leads to social dominance, stigma, self perception and self-fulfilling prophecy