Deviance Part 1

Question 1

What is a deviance ?

Answer 1

Recognized violation of cultural norms

ex. Robbery, theft, rape

Question 2

Biological context

Answer 2

Early studies- false information about how head shape & body related to crime.
Now - connection for crime is genetics & social influences

Question 3

Personality Factors in deviance

Answer 3

• individual abnormality
• unsuccessful socialization
• most crimes are committed by people who have normal psychological profiles.

Question 4

Deviance is…

Answer 4

relative

Question 5

If deviance is relative what do we have to look for ?

Answer 5

Search for factors outside the individual

Ex. Look at social class, socialization and subculture membership

Question 6

Social Foundations of Deviance

Answer 6

1. Culture norms
2. Influence of others
3. social power

Question 7

What is structural functionalism?

Answer 7

a society serves a purpose, and each is indispensable for the continued existence of the others and of society as a whole.

Question 8

Structural-Functional Analysis on deviance? Durkheim’s insight

Answer 8

1) Deviance affirms cultural values and norms.
2) Responding to deviance clarifies moral boundaries.
3) Responding to deviance brings people together.
4) Deviance encourages social change.

Question 9

Negative of deviance

Answer 9

Reduces certainty that others would conform