2. What is
Deviance?
• Deviance is the violation of social norms and cultural
standards.Social norms (what people are expecting
and is acceptable)Cultural standards (Every
culture/society has some standards)
3. Types of
Deviance
• Formal deviance (A type of deviance in which a
person performs an act which is included in the
criminal activity and has punishment)Informal
deviance (A type of activity in the daily life which look
weird to the people and has no punishment)
4. Social Foundations of
deviance
• Deviance varies according to cultural normsPeople
become deviant as others define them that way How
societies set norms and how they define rule breaking
both involves social power.
5. Social control
• Social control these are attempts by society to regulate
people’s thought and behaviorTypes of social control
Informal means of social control Formal means off social
control
6. Causes of
deviance
• Broken family And improper socializationLack of
religious and formal educationRejection by
neighborhoodLack of basic facilitiesParentless
childMass and social mediaUrban slums
9. Emile
Durkheim
• Durkheim argued that deviance is a necessary part of
a successful societyThere is nothing abnormal about
deviance infect it perform 4 essential functions1.
Deviance affirms cultural values and norms 2.
Responding to deviance clarifies moral boundaries3.
Responding to deviance brings people together4.
Deviance encourage social change
10. Robert
Merton –
Strain theory
• Deviance is an essential part of a functioning society
Morton’s strain theory explains deviance in terms of
society’s cultural Goals and the means available to
achieve them.
13. Sampso
n and
Groves
Conflict theory looks to social and
economic factors as the cause of
crime and deviance
Poverty, ethnic diversity and family
disruption in given localities had a
strong positive Correlation with
social disorganization.
Social disorganization is associated
with high rates iof crime and
delinquecy
15. Karl
Marx
Conflict theory was greatly
influenced by Karl Marx
Society falls into two groups
1. The wealthy who control the
means of production (The
Bourgeois)
2. The workers who depend on the
bourgeois for survival
16. Wright
Mills
Power Elite is a small group of
wealthy and influential people at
the top of society who hold the
power and resources
Rule of society are stacked in
favour of a privilege of few who
manipulate them to stay on top
Crimes commuted by the wealthy
and powerful remain an under-
punished and costly problem within
society
17. Symbolic
interactionis
m
Symbolic interactionism is a theoretical
approach that can be used to explain how
societies and/ or social groups come to view
behaviors as deviant or conventional
Theories
1. Labelling theory
2. Control theory
18. Labelling
theory
Examines the ascribing of a
deviant behavior to another
person by member of society
One time or another time we
all break the rule (serious/non
serious)
What is considered deviance
is determined by the reactions
of others to behaviors
20. Travis
Hirschi :
Control
Theory
Social control is directly affected by the strength of social
bonds and the deviance results from a feeling of
disconnection from society
Four types of social bonds that connect people to society
1. Attachment to others
2. Commitment to investments we make in the
Community
3. Involvement and participation in socially legitimate
activities
4. Belief in common values in society
29. • Deviance is an essential part of a functioning society
Morton's strain theory explains deviance in terms of
society's cultural Goals and the means available to
achieve them
30. Deviance is the violation of social norms and cultural
standards.Social norms (what people are expecting and is
acceptable)Cultural standards (Every culture/society has some
standards)
31. • Formal deviance (A type of deviance in which a person
performs an act which is included in the criminal activity
and has punishment)Informal deviance (A type of
activity in the daily life which look weird to the people
and has no punishment)
32. • Deviance varies according to cultural normsPeople
become deviant as others define them that way How
societies set norms and how they define rule breaking
both involves social power.
33. • Social control these are attempts by society to regulate
people’s thought and behaviorTypes of social control
Informal means of social control Formal means off
social control
34. • Social control these are attempts by society to regulate
people’s thought and behaviorTypes of social control
Informal means of social control Formal means off
social control
35. • Social control these are attempts by society to regulate
people’s thought and behaviorTypes of social control
Informal means of social control Formal means off
social control
36. • Social control these are attempts by society to regulate
people’s thought and behaviorTypes of social control
Informal means of social control Formal means off
social control
37. • Social control these are attempts by society to regulate
people’s thought and behaviorTypes of social control
Informal means of social control Formal means off
social control
38. • Social control these are attempts by society to regulate
people’s thought and behaviorTypes of social control
Informal means of social control Formal means off
social control
39. • Social control these are attempts by society to regulate
people’s thought and behaviorTypes of social control
Informal means of social control Formal means off
social control
40. • Social control these are attempts by society to regulate
people’s thought and behaviorTypes of social control
Informal means of social control Formal means off
social control
