Deviance (CHP 7) - created from Mind Map

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Deviance: behavior that violates the norms of everyday life

Context: Deviance might be normal in a different situation

Deviant Identity: defining oneself as deviant

Formal: Break Laws or Official rules

Informal: Violates customary norms

Reaction: group processes and judgements

Defenition changes over times

upholds social norms:

Social Movements: Groups supporting resist or change in society

medicalization of Deviance: caused by individual pathology or sickness