Deviance

Deviance

1. The violations of norms and expectations.

2. Sociologists have determined that deviance of various types can have positive functions for society.

3. Emile Durkheim

   • Study Sociology through social structure
   • Deviance can be said to serve 2 necessary functions
     • Defines Boundaries of Acceptance Behavior
       • Deviance has the consequence of keeping society in check
     • Promotes integration
     • Social Controls
       • Organized Methods of teaching and enforcing conformity
       • 2 forms of Social Controls
         • Informal
           • Relationships with significant others
             • People whose affection and approval are very different
         • Formal
           • defined by legal sanctions and enforced by institutions
             • Police
             • Courts
             • Various local, state and federal legislations

4. Five Theories

   • Conflict Theory
   • Functional Theory
   • Labeling Theory
   • Differential Association Theory
   • Merton's Theory of Anime

5. ABC's of Deviance

   • Attitude
   • Behaviors
   • Conditions

6. Noncriminal forms of Deviance

   • Obesity
   • Stuttering
   • Physical Handicaps

7. William Sumner (1906) 3 Types of Norms

   • Folways
     • Standards of Dress, Eating behavior
   • Mores
     • Interracial Marriage, Illegitimate childbearing, drug addiction
   • Laws
     • Necessary for maintain social order

8. Four Tyoes of Deviance

   • Negative deviance
     • "Jeffery Dahmar
   • Rate busting
     • "geek Phenomenon"
   • Deviance Admiration
     • John Gotti
   • Positive Deviance
     • "Mother Theresa"

9. Defined in 4 Main Ways

   • Absolute Approach
   • Statistical Approach
   • Normative Objective Approach
   • Reactivist/Subjective Approach

10. Relativism: Labeling Theory