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Deviance (sociology)

Deviance or the sociology of deviance explores the actions or behaviors that violate social norms across formally enacted rules (e.g., crime) as well as informal violations of social norms (e.g., rejecting folkways and mores). Although deviance may have a negative connotation, the violation of social norms is not always a negative action; positive…

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Theories of deviance

Rebellion Structural functionalism Symbolic interaction Conflict theory Herbert Blumer

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Types of deviance

Norms Taboos Tapu Shame Humiliation

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Overview

Social norms Crime Mores Relative Self-defense

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The criminal justice system

Prison overcrowding

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Social norms Social norm
Crime
Mores
Relative Relativism
Self-defense
Mala in se
Mala prohibita
Émile Durkheim
Social integration
Types of suicide Suicide (Durkheim book)
Altruistic
Egoistic Egoism
Anomic
Fatalistic Fatalism
Robert K. Merton
5 types of deviance Strain theory (sociology)
Edwin Sutherland
Gresham Sykes
David Matza
Neutralization theory Techniques of neutralization
Frank Tannenbaum
Howard S. Becker
Symbolic interactionist
Stigma Social stigma
Edwin Lemert
Broken windows theory
Control theory Control theory (sociology)
Travis Hirschi
Michael Gottfredson Michael R. Gottfredson
Walter C. Reckless Walter Reckless

Types of deviance

Theories of deviance

Rebellion
Structural functionalism Functionalism (sociology)
Symbolic interaction
Conflict theory
Herbert Blumer
Criminology
Cesare Beccaria
Jeremy Bentham
John Howard John Howard (prison reformer)
Utilitarian
Society
Social contract
State State (polity)

The criminal justice system

Prison overcrowding

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deviance social deviant theory society behavior norms people crime goals individual criminal one means behaviors society's primary control others would

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Subject	Predicate	Object	Confidence	Src
a better education to achieve monetary success through hard work	instance of	Merton claims that conformists are mostly middle-class people in middle class jobs who have been able to access the opportunities in society	0.80	text
drives	instance of	Behavior is not defined by forces from the environment	0.80	text
or instincts	instance of	Behavior is not defined by forces from the environment	0.80	text
but rather by a reflective	instance of	Behavior is not defined by forces from the environment	0.80	text
socially understood meaning of both the internal	instance of	Behavior is not defined by forces from the environment	0.80	text
external incentives that are currently presented.Herbert Blumer	instance of	Behavior is not defined by forces from the environment	0.80	text
graffiti	instance of	Acceptance as role of deviant or criminal actor.Broken windows theoryBroken windows theory states that an increase in minor crimes	0.80	text
would eventually lead to	instance of	Acceptance as role of deviant or criminal actor.Broken windows theoryBroken windows theory states that an increase in minor crimes	0.80	text
encourage an increase in larger transgressions	instance of	Acceptance as role of deviant or criminal actor.Broken windows theoryBroken windows theory states that an increase in minor crimes	0.80	text
Walter C	instance of	A deviant act is based on a criminals own self-control of themselves.Containment theory is considered by researchers	0.80	text
Robert Crutchfield take the theory into a new light	instance of	Containment depends on the individuals ability to separate inner and outer controls for normative behavior.More contemporary control theorists	0.80	text
suggesting labor market experiences not only affect the attitudes	instance of	Containment depends on the individuals ability to separate inner and outer controls for normative behavior.More contemporary control theorists	0.80	text

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