Defining Deviance

Violations outside the norm
1. Behavior outside norms
  1. Crime VS Deviance
    1. Crime and deviance overlap
      1. Coloring hair purple
      2. Committing Crimes
2. Norms
  1. Folkways - norms based of tradition
  2. Mores - norms based on social values
  3. Laws- norms supported by formal code
Three Perspectives on Defining Deviance
1. Relativist
  1. Social Power
    1. Quinney
      1. Conflict theory of crime
  2. Becker
    1. Labeling theory
2. Absolutist
  1. Hendershot
    1. Natural Law
ABC's of Deviance
1. Attitudes, Behaviors, Conditions
Functionalists Theories
1. Erickson
2. Durkheim
Three categories of Ss
1. Selected
2. Sick
3. Sin
Typology of Deviance Integrating Normative & Relativist perspectives
1. Negative Deviance
2. Rate Busting
3. Deviance admiration
4. Positive Deviance

Resource summary

	Created by scollins10 about 9 years ago