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This document summarizes key concepts from a chapter on deviance from a sociology textbook. It defines deviance as behavior that violates social norms and discusses how norms and deviance are defined differently across cultures. It then overviews several major sociological theories of deviance, including functionalism, conflict theory, strain theory, and symbolic interactionism including labeling theory. Labeling theory holds that deviance is caused by external judgments that change one's self-concept and social responses.
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2. Theories of deviance include social pathology, biological, psychological, social disorganization, labeling, anomie, conflict, and cultural transmission theories. Each theory proposes different causes of deviant behavior.
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Labeling theory argues that deviance is not determined by the act itself, but rather by the societal reaction to that act. Society applies labels like "criminal" or "mentally ill" to individuals who commit certain acts, influencing how those individuals see themselves and potentially causing them to engage in further deviant acts. The theory was developed in the 1960s by sociologists like Howard Becker, who argued that deviance is a result of social labeling and interaction, not inherent to the individuals or acts themselves.
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2. Theories of deviance include social pathology, biological, psychological, social disorganization, labeling, anomie, conflict, and cultural transmission theories. Each theory proposes different causes of deviant behavior.
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2. Once labelled, individuals may engage in secondary deviance by adopting the deviant identity ascribed to them through the labelling process. This can lead to a self-fulfilling prophecy of increased criminal behavior.
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The document summarizes several major theories of deviance:
- Anomie or strain theory proposes that deviance results from a gap between cultural goals and the legitimate means to achieve them. There are five types of adaptation.
- Conflict theories view deviance as resulting from inequalities in power and resources under capitalism that marginalize the poor and force them into crime.
- Labeling theory argues that behaviors become deviant based on the labels attached by authorities, not inherent qualities, perpetuating deviance.
- Control or social bond theory suggests deviance occurs when social bonds and constraints that normally inhibit antisocial behavior are weakened. Four elements are attachment, commitment, involvement, and belief.
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2. Conflict theory emphasizes power struggles and inequality between social groups. Founders included Marx and Engels.
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Deviance refers to any violation of social norms and rules. What is considered deviant varies across societies and groups within societies. While some individuals engage in deviant acts, others are labeled deviant due to factors like their race, birth defects, or disease. All groups use social control and sanctions to enforce norms, punishing deviants with negative sanctions and rewarding conformists with positive sanctions. Sociologists examine deviance using perspectives like symbolic interactionism, functionalism, and conflict theory.
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Deviance refers to any violation of social norms and rules. What is considered deviant varies across societies and groups within societies. While some individuals engage in deviant acts, others are labeled deviant due to factors like their race, birth defects, or disease. All groups use social control and sanctions to enforce norms, punishing deviants with negative sanctions and rewarding conformists with positive sanctions. Sociologists examine deviance using perspectives like symbolic interactionism, functionalism, and conflict theory.
Social control theory
Travis Hirschi developed the Social Bond Theory to explain criminal behavior. He argued that individuals are less likely to commit crimes when they have strong social bonds like attachment to family, commitment to education/career, involvement in conventional activities, and belief in moral norms. Regarding juvenile delinquency, Hirschi believed it occurs when the social bonds between children and society are weakened. Providing youth with positive social bonds through support systems, guidance, and clear expectations can help reduce future criminal behavior according to the theory of social control.
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Deviance refers to behavior that violates social norms and expectations. There are several types of deviance such as drug abuse, crimes, and prostitution. Deviance is usually met with negative social sanctions though it can also drive social change by highlighting issues with existing norms. Societies use both informal social controls like social pressure and formal controls through laws and institutions to encourage conformity and control deviance. However, deviance is unavoidable and relative as norms vary between cultures and change over time.
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Food, water and energy shortages, Loss of biodiversity
The pressure of accelerating urbanization and population growth, Climate change and natural disasters
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2. Crime is a form of deviance that violates legal norms. White-collar crimes are committed by high-status individuals through occupations. Victimless crimes only harm the individual. Corporate crimes are illegal actions by corporations.
3. Status crimes are illegal due to one's age, and civil disobedience breaks unjust laws to promote social change.
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Deviance refers to violations of social norms, whether minor infractions or criminal acts. Sociologists study deviance using three main theoretical perspectives: functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism. Functionalists view deviance as serving purposes for society like affirming norms, while conflict theorists see deviance as a product of social and economic inequality. Symbolic interactionists examine how behaviors become defined and labeled as deviant through social interactions and assignment of stigma.
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Deviance refers to behavior that departs from social norms and expectations, ranging from minor transgressions to serious crimes. There are two main types - formal deviance which violates laws, and informal deviance which contravenes unwritten social norms. Several theories attempt to explain deviance, such as strain theory which argues it results from a lack of legitimate means to achieve goals, and labeling theory which suggests deviance arises from societal reactions to certain behaviors. Deviance is socially constructed and dependent on cultural and historical contexts, so what is considered deviant can vary widely.
Chapter 7
The document discusses several key concepts related to deviance:
- It defines deviance as behavior that violates social norms and explains that what is seen as deviant varies by culture and society.
- It outlines several sociological theories of deviance including functionalism, social control theory, strain theory, and labeling theory.
- It discusses different types of sanctions used to enforce social norms and regulate behavior.
- It differentiates between internal and external means of social control and biological, psychological, and sociological explanations of deviance.
Crime as a deviant
This document discusses the concept of deviance as a violation of social norms. It provides definitions of deviance from sociological perspectives as behaviors that violate shared group values and rules. It describes different types of deviant behaviors and norms that can vary between cultures. Merton's strain theory is summarized as explaining deviance through 5 responses to a society's goals and means: innovation, conformity, ritualism, retreatism, and rebellion. Social control mechanisms are described as ways groups influence members' behaviors to conform to norms and values.
Deviant Behavior
This document discusses several theories of deviance. It defines deviance as violating social norms and norms as rules that guide society. The structural strain theory explains deviance as resulting from social strains caused by an imbalance between cultural goals and means of achieving them. Labeling theory states that deviance is a social process where some label others as deviant. Differential association theory argues that the environment determines which norms people learn to violate through socializing agents like family and friends.
Types of deviance
1. Merton described 5 types of deviance: innovation, conformity, ritualism, retreatism, and rebellion. Innovation involves accepting societal goals like wealth but rejecting legitimate means, using crime instead.
2. Ritualism refers to being unable to reach goals and overemphasizing rules. Retreatism rejects both goals and means. Rebellion rejects goals and means to replace them with a counterculture.
3. Crime is a type of deviance involving legal violations. White-collar crimes are committed by high-status individuals. Victimless crimes and civil disobedience also involve rule-breaking.
Meaning of Deviance and its sociology.pptx
The members of the society, at a particular time and place, create and impose rules, regulations, values, norms and laws and other forms of social control to maintain peace and order, to promote harmonious relations, and to preserve the stability of the existing social order. However, there are members who transgress the rules, violate the laws, defy the existing values, rebel against the established social order, and disregard the prevailing social standards and expectations. These people are tagged as deviants and their defiance or transgression is considered as deviant behaviour.
As pointed out by sociologists, deviance is any behaviour that the members of a social group define as violating the established social norms. In other words, there must be a social audience that will determine whether a behaviour is deviant or not. Since norms are relative from one society to another, it follows that what is considered deviant in one society may not be considered as such in another.
Deviance and Social Control.pdf
Deviance refers to behavior that violates social norms and expectations. There are several types of deviance including innovation, ritualism, retreatism, and rebellion. Factors that facilitate deviance include faulty socialization, weak sanctions for non-conformity, poor enforcement of norms, ease of rationalizing deviant acts, unjust enforcement, ambivalence of social control agents, subcultural support for deviance, and loyalty to deviant groups. Social control aims to regulate behavior and maintain social order through formal means like laws and administration or informal means like public opinion, morality, and customs. Key agents of social control are the government, religion, education, and community leaders. Social control is necessary for the functioning of groups and
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This document discusses deviance and social control. It defines deviance as a violation of social norms and explains that what is considered deviant can change over time and depend on context. Theories of deviance, such as functionalism, conflict theory, and labeling theory, are summarized. The document also discusses crime and different types of crimes. It provides statistics on reported hate crimes in the US. Formal social control through laws and informal social control through social norms are compared.
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This document discusses deviance and social control. It defines deviance as behaviors that violate social norms. What is considered deviant can vary over time and place. Deviance is shaped by social and economic forces as well as power dynamics. Theories of deviance examine why it occurs and how deviant labels are applied. Crime is a legal violation studied in criminology, while the criminal justice system enforces laws and punishes offenders. Globalization influences definitions of deviance and transnational crime.
Social Control, Conformity, and Deviance
1) Societies create social control mechanisms like norms and sanctions to regulate behavior and maintain order. Deviating from norms results in informal punishments like ridicule or formal punishments like fines or imprisonment.
2) People generally conform to social standards out of practicality, to avoid punishments, gain rewarding social interactions, and avoid supernatural punishments. However, not all societies rely solely on punishment - some also provide rewards for conformity.
3) Deviance refers to violating social norms and comes in five main forms: innovation, ritualism, conformity, retreatism, and rebellion. Famous deviants like Copernicus and Einstein paved the way for social change despite violating norms of their times.
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The document discusses the social constructionist theory of deviance and crime known as labelling theory. It covers several key areas:
- The origins of labelling theory within the Chicago school and theorists like Howard Becker who took an interpretivist approach focusing on how social reality is constructed.
- How labelling theory argues that deviance is defined relatively by societies rather than being intrinsically linked to certain acts. Concepts like folk devils, moral panics, and the role of the media in amplifying deviance are discussed.
- The process of labelling and how it can lead to secondary deviance and a deviant career as individuals internalize the labels placed on them. Mental illness is used as a
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This document discusses social problems and issues. It defines a social problem as a condition viewed as harmful that requires collective action to remedy. Social problems deviate from social norms and have harmful consequences. They are interconnected and affect many people. A social issue is a broader problem that influences many individuals, like poverty, education, or the environment. Social problems are more specific damaging factors in society like crime, drug addiction, or discrimination. The document then outlines different sociological perspectives on social problems, including structural-functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism.
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This document discusses social problems and issues. It defines a social problem as a condition viewed as harmful that requires collective action to remedy. Social problems deviate from social norms and have harmful consequences. They are interconnected and affect many people. A social issue is a broader problem that influences many individuals, like poverty, education, or the environment. Social problems are more specific damaging factors in society like crime, drug addiction, or discrimination. The document then outlines different sociological perspectives on social problems, including structural-functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism.
Below are some terms and concepts you should be familiar with for .docx
Below are some terms and concepts you should be familiar with for the exam. - Be clear on the differences between Marx, Weber, and the functionalist perspective when used to explain class inequality - Make sure to understand how claimsmakers and policymakers have similar restraints when it comes to their respective roles in the social problems process - Be clear on the differences of causal stories in policymaking - Know the difference between prejudice and discrimination and the different types of discrimination - Be clear on the different types of feminism and what makes them different.
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Most claimsmakers hope to do more than just draw attention to a troubling situation To that end claimsmakers seek to solve social problems through policymakers, those who have the power to make policy changes Policy largely refers to laws; laws define what is and is not legitimate within a particular environment; they are key to our social norms.
Policy making
Other types of policies include the rules and practices of non-legislative entities, such as corporation, churches, professions, charities, etc Non-legislative entities have polices that have direct influence on many social problems and require the attention of claimsmakers Both of these environments are part of a policy domain, a part of the political system that focuses on a particular troubling situation
Influencing policymaking As it relates to creating and changing policies within congress, researchers have identified three social streams that are involved in that process: -Problem recognition stream: a set of claims that policymakers hear about in a troubling situation -Policy proposal stream: a set of policy proposals that policy makers hear for addressing a troubling situation -Political stream: the current political situation recognized by policymakers in which a troubling situation might be addressed -When all streams merge it is called a confluence
Social pressures/constraints on policymakers Media coverage/publicity- depending on how much publicity a troubling issue gets a policy may be easier or harder to pass Expectations from constituents- the power and social status of a social problem’s constituents also provide pressure and constraints on policymakers Conflicting demands- because lobbying can take place from different sources policymakers have to sometimes juggle the demands from each side Limited resources- the amount of physical resources needed to solve a problem affects whether a policy is created or changed.
Symbolic politics and the rhetoric of policymaking Just like claimsmakers, policymakers must explain and justify why their policies are the right decision To that end, policymakers have to create causal stories, a story that classifies a troubling situation in a familiar category to the nature of its cause Types of causal stories are characterized as accidental (the antecedents and consequences of a soci ...
Deviance
This document discusses theories of deviant behavior including social pathology, biological, psychological, labeling, anomie/structural stress, and conflict theories. Social pathology explains deviance as caused by illness/malfunctions. Biological theories examine genetic/physical traits while psychological theories cite inner conflicts/impulses. Labeling theory argues that society's labeling of behaviors as deviant can cause deviance. Anomie theory links deviance with lack of access to goals. Conflict theory sees deviance arising from an unjust social structure with unequal distribution of wealth/power.
Deviance and crime social construction, labeling, power and function
This document discusses deviance and crime from a social constructionist perspective. It defines deviance as any action that violates widely accepted social norms and notes that what is considered deviant can vary between cultures, time periods, and social groups. Deviance is created through social definitions and labeling rather than inherent to behaviors themselves. Power dynamics influence which groups are more likely to label and define behaviors of other groups as deviant. Social control mechanisms aim to regulate behavior and enforce norms.
Deviance as a process.pptx
The document discusses deviance as a social process defined by the violation of cultural norms. It notes that deviance can take many forms, from criminal acts to unconventional behaviors. People are labeled as deviant when others define their actions as being outside of what is deemed normal or acceptable within a society. The labeling of deviance affirms cultural values and brings groups together to distinguish moral boundaries. Theories of deviance discussed include strain theory, which links deviance to a lack of opportunities, and labeling theory, which argues deviance results more from societal reactions than actions themselves.
Strain theory 2.pptx
Robert K. Merton developed strain theory to explain how societal pressures and inequality can lead to deviant behavior. The theory posits that society promotes certain goals, like financial success, but not all have equal access to legitimate means of achieving these goals. This disconnect between cultural goals and means creates strain, which some may relieve through criminal or deviant acts like theft, fraud, or drug use. Merton outlined five modes of adaptation to this strain: conformity, innovation, ritualism, retreatism, and rebellion. While influential, strain theory has also received criticisms around oversimplification and lack of empirical support. It remains relevant in examining links between social structures, expectations, and deviance.
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Deviant behavior
- 1. What deviant behavior entails. Sociology classes. 4/6/2016Racheal 1
- 2. DEVIANT BEHAVIOR • This refers behavior that violates the social norms and values shared by most people in a particular culture or social setting. • Norms and Sanctions Sanctions are applied by society to reinforce social norm, Can be formal or informal Laws are norms defined and enforced by governments. Crimes are acts that break laws • Crime: a violation of official, written criminal law • Is all deviance crime? • Is all crime deviant? 4/6/2016Racheal 2
- 3. CLASSIFICATION OF DEVIANT BEHAVIORS primary deviance; this refers to the behavior that violates a social norm but that does not affect one’s sense of self secondary deviance; norm violation that is a response to the problems caused by the societal reaction to primary deviance.eg community response to the rapist. 4/6/2016Racheal 3
- 4. EXAMPLES OF DEVIANT BEHAVIORS • These include the following:- Strikes Suicidal tendencies Homosexuality/lesbianism Murder Stealing Drug abuse Prostitution Rebellions 4/6/2016Racheal 4
- 5. PEOPLE AT RISK OF DEVELOPING DEVIANT BEHAVIOR Alcoholics Street kids Prostitutes Government officials Bankers Students 4/6/2016Racheal 5
- 6. THEORIES OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR The Biological theory These try to link biological factors with deviant behavior such as Some studies link physical characteristics to delinquency. Aggression is connected to factors present at birth No decisive evidence that any personality traits are inherited Functionalists Argue that deviance serves a positive social function by clarifying moral boundaries and promoting social cohesion 4/6/2016Racheal 6
- 7. Cont. Psychological Theories • Look at individual development, personality traits to explain deviance • Individualistic explanations Conflict theorists Believe that a society’s inequalities are reproduced in its definitions of deviance, so that the less powerful are more likely to be criminalized. 4/6/2016Racheal 7
- 8. Cont. Merton’s structural strain theory Argues that the Individuals who occupy favorable positions in the class structure have legitimate ways to achieve success. Those who occupy unfavorable positions lack such means. The goal of financial success combined with the unequal access to resources creates deviance. Merton’s 4 Types of Deviance 1. Innovators: • Accept the culturally validated goal of success but find deviant ways of going about reaching it. • Embezzlers, bank robbers, drug dealers, corporate criminals, crooked politicians 4/6/2016Racheal 8
- 9. Cont. 2. Ritualists: • Reject the importance of success once they realize they will never achieve it. Remain within the labor force but refuse to take risks that jeopardies their job security. 3. Retreatists: • Pull back from society. • Drug and alcohol addicts who can no longer function, street people 4. Rebels: • Reject the goals of what to them is an unfair social order and the means of achieving them. 4/6/2016Racheal 9
- 10. Cont. Labeling theory Claims that deviance is a consequence of external judgments, or labels, which both modify the individual’s self-concept and change the way others respond to the labeled person. • Labeling theory is also related to the idea of the self-fulfilling prophecy, which is a prediction that causes itself to come true. Symbolic Interactionist Theories of deviance focus on how interpersonal relations and everyday interactions shape definitions of deviance and influence those who engage in deviant behavior. Differential association theory States that we learn to be deviant through our associations with deviant peers.4/6/2016Racheal 10
- 11. HOW TO JUSTIFY DEVIANT BEHAVIOR Denial of responsibility. Denying the injury. Denial of the victim. Condemnation of the authorities. Appealing to higher principles or authorities. 4/6/2016Racheal 11
- 12. REFERANCE: • Introduction to sociology by Robert Wonser 4/6/2016Racheal 12