Every day norms based on custom,
tradition or etiquette
Mores
Norms based on broad
societal morals
Laws
Strongest norms as they
are suppored by codified
social sanctions
CHAPTER 2 An Integrated Typology of Deviance Applied to Ten Middle-Class Norms
Normative Expectations
Expected Attitudes, Behaviors or Beliefs
U.S. Middle Class Deviance
Norm
Negative Deviance
Underconformity or nonconformity that is negatively evaluated
Deviance Admiration
Underconformity that is positively evaluated
Rate Busting
Negative reaction not to underconformity but to overconformity
Positive Deviance
Overconformity to the norms that is positively evaluated
CHAPTER 3 Relativism: Labeling Theory
The essence of deviance is not contained within individuals
behaviors but in the response others have to these.
Rule breaking behavior vs. Deviant Behavior
Deviance is not a quality that lies in behavior itself, but in the interaction between the person who commits and act and those who respond to it
CHAPTER 4 The Morality of Deviance
Cultural Relativism
Adapt to change / Progress
Moral Order
Social stability
Moral Boundaries
Framework for orderly sense of
cultural identity and social order
Moral Consensus
Construct hard principles -
Be able to reach a
conclusion on serious
moral issues
CHAPTER 5 Social Power: Conflict
Theory of Crime
Official Definition of Crime
Behavior that is conferred on some
people by those in power
Formulating Definitions of Crime
Those who are able to have their interests
represented in public policy regulate the
formulation of definitions of crime
Applying Definitions of Crime
Applied by the class that has the power
to shape the enforcement and
administration of criminal law
How Behavior Patterns Develop in Relation to Definitions of Crime
Constructing an Ideology of Crime
Constructing the Social Reality of Crime
Constructed by the formulation and application of
definitions of crime, the developement of behavior
patterns and the construction of an ideology of crime