Defining Deviance

Defining Deviance

1. Violations outside the norm

   • Behavior outside norms
     • Crime VS Deviance
       • Crime and deviance overlap
         • Coloring hair purple
         • Committing Crimes
   • Norms
     • Folkways - norms based of tradition
     • Mores - norms based on social values
     • Laws- norms supported by formal code

2. Three Perspectives on Defining Deviance

   • Relativist
     • Social Power
       • Quinney
         • Conflict theory of crime
     • Becker
       • Labeling theory
   • Absolutist
     • Hendershot
       • Natural Law

3. ABC's of Deviance

   • Attitudes, Behaviors, Conditions

4. Functionalists Theories

   • Erickson
   • Durkheim

5. Three categories of Ss

   • Selected
   • Sick
   • Sin

6. Typology of Deviance Integrating Normative & Relativist perspectives

   • Negative Deviance
   • Rate Busting
   • Deviance admiration
   • Positive Deviance

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