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    Deviance refers to any behavior that violates social norms. There are two types: formal deviance which breaks laws, and informal deviance which violates unwritten rules. Sociologists have developed several theories to explain deviance, including psychological, structural-functionalist, social control, and social conflict perspectives. The structural-functionalist view is that deviance confirms social bonds and norms, while anomie and blocked opportunities can lead to deviant adaptations like innovation or retreatism according to strain theory. Social control theory sees strong social ties as discouraging deviance, and conflict theory argues the legal system benefits powerful groups.

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    Deviance refers to any behavior that violates social norms. There are two types: formal deviance which breaks laws, and informal deviance which violates unwritten rules. Sociologists have developed several theories to explain deviance, including psychological, structural-functionalist, social control, and social conflict perspectives. The structural-functionalist view is that deviance confirms social bonds and norms, while anomie and blocked opportunities can lead to deviant adaptations like innovation or retreatism according to strain theory. Social control theory sees strong social ties as discouraging deviance, and conflict theory argues the legal system benefits powerful groups.

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    Deviance refers to any behavior that violates social norms. There are two types: formal deviance which breaks laws, and informal deviance which violates unwritten rules. Sociologists have developed several theories to explain deviance, including psychological, structural-functionalist, social control, and social conflict perspectives. The structural-functionalist view is that deviance confirms social bonds and norms, while anomie and blocked opportunities can lead to deviant adaptations like innovation or retreatism according to strain theory. Social control theory sees strong social ties as discouraging deviance, and conflict theory argues the legal system benefits powerful groups.

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    DEVIANCE

    is any behavior that violates cultural norms


    TYPES OF DEVIANCE

    There are two types of deviant activities


    Formal Deviance/Crime-Violation of formally enacted laws
    Robbery/Rape/Murder and many more

    Informal Deviance-Violation of informal social norms


    Farting loudly in public/Nose Picking
    THEORIES OF DEVIANCE

    Sociologists use a variety of different theoretical


    perspectives to explain deviance.

    1. Psychological Theory
    2. Structural-Functional Perspective
    3. Social-Control Theory
    4. Social Conflict Theory
    PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY

    -Deviance,in this view ,is the product of disordered,neurotic


    or abnormal minds.
    -Early,painful traumas produce a certain type of
    abnormality in personality which leads to deviant behavior.

    -This process takes place indepently of the


    culture,subculture, or society in which the personality was
    raised.
    STRUCTURAL-FUNCTIONALIST
    PERSPECTIVE

    -For structural-functionalists,various aspects of society


    contribute to the operation of the entire system
    -Emile Durkheim felt that deviance strengthens social
    bonds by defining moral bounderies.
    -In other words, identifying and punishing deviance also
    identifies what is considered acceptable.
    STRUCTURAL-FUNCTIONALIST
    PERSPECTIVE

    Social Bonds
    -The weakening of bonds in modern societies can result in
    anomie.
    -Anomie, an uncomfortable and unfamiliar state of normlessness
    when shared norms and guidelines breakdown
    -It characterizes a condition in which individual desires aare no
    longer regulated by common norms which causes
    individuals to be without moral guidance in pursuit of their goals.
    STRUCTURAL-FUNCTIONALIST
    PERSPECTIVE

    Structural Strain
    -Robert K. Merton expanded durkheim's concept into a theory of
    deviant behavior
    -According to Merton's (1968) structural strain
    theory;
    -Anomie results from inconsistencies between culturally approved
    means to achieve goals and those actual goals.
    -Deviance results from a "Strain" between means
    and goals.
    4 DEVIANT ADAPTATIONS TO
    STRAIN.

    Innovation-using socially unapproved or unconventional means to obtain


    culturally approved goals.
    Example: dealing drugs or stealing to achieve financial security.

    Ritualism-using the same socially approved means to achieve less elusive goals
    (more modest and humble).

    Retreatism-to reject both the cultural goals and the means to obtain it, then
    find a way to escape it.

    Rebellion- to reject the cultural goals and means, then work to replace them
    STRUCTURAL-FUNCTIONALIST
    PERSPECTIVE

    Opportunity Structures
    -In addition to limited means to achieve legitimate
    goals,a person has to have access to illegitimate
    opportunities
    -Blocked Opportunities lead to subcultures that
    value other attributes (Stealing rather than buying)
    SOCIAL CONTROL THEORY

    -Other theorists note that opportunities to deviate are all


    around us.
    -People Conform because of social bonds. When they
    are broken,they are more likely to commit deviant acts.

    -The more vested a person is within the society and the


    more they have to lose,the less likely they are to become
    involved in deviance.
    SOCIAL CONFLICT PERSPECTIVE

    -Based on early observations of crime in capitalist society.


    -Conflict theory became a major criminological perspective set by
    the political activism

    -Conflict sees the legal and criminal justice systems as being


    established such that powerful groups benefit

    -Conflict also argues thsat these systems focus on the less


    powerful and overlooks the deviant acts of the powerful people
    in the society
    SOCIAL CONFLICT PERSPECTIVE

    Paternoster and Bachman Argued-


    Those with economic and political power use it to their
    advantage by criminalizing the behaviors of the
    powerless.
    As a result, 'crime in the street' is met with the power of
    the criminal law,the police,courts and penal system,
    while 'crimes in the suite' are defined either
    as shrewd business practices or as mere civil violations.

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