SOCI 2445 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Spritsail, Demonology
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Usually associated with the people who are different or weird, the people that go against the norm. Can also be associated with people who are above and beyond what the rest of us are, such as great artists or writers. Deviance term can apply to many different types of people. Things that are deviant can change over time. Daryl believes that ottawa is a deviant city, because we are not a proactive city, we wait usually until shit hits the fan. Safe injection sites were not set up to reduce drug use. There are different ways of looking at deviant behaviour and there are different definitions of it: demonology: (demons or demonic belief//spirits) Can be seen in the plays of shakespeare. The idea that there is a belief in evil spirits and witchcraft. If you were possessed you were deviant and that must mean that you are possessed by an evil spirit.