DEVIANCE

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DEVIANCE
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THE NATURE OF DEVIANCE

• BEHAVIOR THAT VIOLATES SIGNIFICANT SOCIAL NORMS
  IS CALLED DEVIANCE
• SOME ACTIONS ARE CALLED DEVIANT IN SOME
  SITUATIONS IN OTHERS NORMAL
• CONSEQUENCES OF ACTIONS VARY FROM SOCIETY TO
  SOCIETY

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• DIVORCE IN ONE COUNTRY IS ILLEGAL IN ANOTHER
  LEGAL
• DIFFERS FROM HISTORICAL PERIODS
• OCCASIONAL VIOLATIONS OF NORM ARE UNIVOIDABLE
• NOT ALL NORM VIOLATIONS ARE CONSIDERED DEVIANT
  -WHEN A POLICE OFFICERS KILLS SOMEONE IN THE LINE
  OF DUTY

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HOW DOES A PERSON COME TO BE CONSIDERED A DEVIANT

• IF A PERSON COMMITS A DEVIANCE OVER AND OVER
  AGAIN
• IF HE COMMITS ONE SERIOUS NEGATIVE ACT SUCH AS
  MURDER

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STIGMA

• MARK OF SOCIAL DISGRACE THAT SETS THE DEVIANT
  APART
• USED AS A SOCIAL CONTROL
• PRISONERS WEAR SPECIAL CLOTHING AS A VISUAL SIGN
  OF STIGMA
• USUALLY STIGMA REFERS TO SPOILED SOCIAL IDENTITY

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SOCIAL FUNCTION OF DEVIANCE

• UNIFY GROUPS
• US AGAINST THEM REINFORCES COMMUNITY
• CLARIFYS NORMS
• DEFINES THE BOUDARIES OF ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOR

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SOCIAL FUNCTIONS OF DEVIANCE

• DIFFUSING TENSIONS
• ALLOWS PEOPLE TO EXPRESS SOCIAL AND POLITICAL
  DISCONTENT WITHOUT DESTROYING THE SOCIAL ORDER
• IDENTIFYING PROBLEMS
• INDICTATES PROBLEM AREAS
• PROVIDES JOBS
• GUARDS IN PRISONS
• POLICE

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CULTURAL TRANSMISSION THEORY

• DEVIANCE IS A LEARNED BEHAVIOR

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STRUCTURAL STRAIN THEORY

• ANOMIE IS WHEN THE NORMS OF SOCIETY ARE UNCLEAR

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MERTONS STRUCTURAL STRAIN THEORY OF DEVIANCE
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CONFLICT THEORY

• BELIEVE THAT COMPETITION AND SOCIAL INEQUALITY
  LEADS TO DEVIANCE

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PRIMARY AND SECONDARYDEVIANCE

• PRIMARY DEVIANCE GOES UNDETECTED BY THOSE IN
  AUTHORITY
• SECONDARY DEVIANCE RESULTS IN INDIVIDUAL BEING
  LABELED DEVIANT