Dsc: Ch 2 The Diversity Of Deviance Flashcards

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Body modification:

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Body modification:
includes piercings, scarification, extreme tattooing, and reconstructive and cosmetic surgery.

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Elite deviance

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Elite deviance:
criminal and deviant acts committed by large corporations, powerful political organizations, and individuals with prestige and influence; may result in physical harm, financial harm, or moral harm.

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Physical deviance

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Physical deviance:
generally thought to be of two types: (1) violating norms of what people are expected to look like and (2) physical incapacity or disability.

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Polygamy

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Polygamy:
a subculture in which men are allowed and encouraged to take multiple wives.

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Positive deviance

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Positive deviance:
a concept that is still under debate but generally understood as intentional behaviors that depart from community norms in honorable ways.

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Self-injury:

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Self-injury:
harming oneself by cutting, burning, branding, scratching, picking at skin or reopening wounds, biting, hair pulling, and/or bone breaking.

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Sexual deviance

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Sexual deviance:
largely determined by community, culture, and context, sexual deviance may include exotic dancers, strippers, sex tourism, anonymous sex in public restrooms, bisexuality, online sexual predators, prostitutes, premarital chastity, and many others.

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Stigma

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Stigma:
a mark of deviance or disgrace; a negative label or perceived deviance often leads to stigma that may then reduce an individual’s life chances.

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Subcultures

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Subcultures:
a distinct group within the larger culture that has its own subset of norms, values, behaviors, or characteristics.

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