Constructions of Deviance

Question	Answer
what are three types of norms?	folkways, mores, and laws
define folkway norm	simple everyday norms based on custom, tradition or etiquette
define mores norms	based on broad societal morals, whose infraction would generate more serious social condemnation
what type of people violate mores norms?	bad or wicked and potentially harmful to society
define law norms	they are the strongest norm and supported by codified social sanctions
what did Smith and Pollack suggest?	deviance might be conceptualized as violations of the norms associated with crime, sin, and poor taste.
ABC's of deviance	their attitudes, behaviors or conditions
true or false: can deviant behaviors be intentional or inadvertent	true
three categories of S's	sin, sick, selected
negative deviance	negative deviance refers to underconformity or nonconformity
positive deviance	describes overconformity that is responded to in a confirmatory fashion
what does typology recognize	traditional distinction between normative expectations and societal reactions involves a false dichotomy and seeks to integrate normative definitions with reactivist definitions
define interactionist prespective	deviance as the infraction of some agreed-upon rule
true or false: is deviance created by society	true
social groups create deviance by making the rules whose infraction constitutes deviance

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