SOCI 1001 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Corporate Crime, Broken Windows Theory, White-Collar Crime
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Deviance is a behaviour that breaks a social and cultural norm. Social norm is something that is considered normal in society, but being normal is also determined by society. Gender roles are a type of social norm. Deviance doesn"t necessarily mean that something is morally wrong. Deviance is about how other people see it. Therefore, we started using psychology and psychiatry in order to help us understand deviance. normal, in order to determine if they are deviant or not. maladjusted was used to pathologize different deviant behaviours, especially in children. Martin luther king jr did not want to adjust himself to the way normal society was. He did not want to adjust to the bigotry, the segregation, and the hatred that appears in society. Why should you adjust to a world where you know that you will be treated differently than others.
