Synoptic Flashcards
What is a norms
The specific rules for certain situations
What’s values
General principles for how we live our lives; tells us what right or wrong
What’s the differences between values and norms
Values ave broader and inform the specific norms
Example of value that informs a norm
Value is respect the elderly ; the norm would be to hold the door open for them ( more narrow and specific)
What’s moral codes
Basic rules, values and principles held by an individual or group or society as whole
Could be formalised and written down
What’s deviance
All criminals are formed deviants but not all deviants are criminal.
What’s informal deviance
It is departing from social ‘mores’
What’s Social ‘mores’
It is another word for norms
Formal deviance?
Breaking the ‘ established laws of Society - being a criminal
Deviance is a what
A continuous variable ( changing over time)
Evolving with social norms
What’s crime ( formal deviance)
An action or omission which constitutes an offence and is punishable
Examples of sanctions
- Prison
- community service
- fines
- ASBO ( anti - social behaviour order)
What’s non- conforming behaviour
Deviance is behaviour which goes against the dominant social norms of specific society or group and causes some form of reaction
Non- conforming behaviour is considered as what
Considered abnormal or may be unacceptable, though some deviance is norm less sanctions
Examples of formal deviance
- Prostitution
- murder
- speeding
- animal credulity
- anti- social behaviour
