Dsc: Ch 2 The Diversity Of Deviance

Question 1

Body modification:

Answer 1

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

Question 2

Elite deviance

Answer 2

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.

Question 3

Physical deviance

Answer 3

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.

Question 4

Polygamy

Answer 4

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

Question 5

Positive deviance

Answer 5

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

Question 6

Self-injury:

Answer 6

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

Question 7

Sexual deviance

Answer 7

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.

Question 8

Stigma

Answer 8

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.

Question 9

Subcultures

Answer 9

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