Sociology 2259 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Adolf Hitler, Cheque
16 Nov 2012
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Violation of norms (folkways and mores) constitutes deviance. However, we violate norms all the time but we don"t label ourselves as deviance. An act is deviant if enough important people say it"s deviant agents of social control (ex. politicians, police officers etc. ) There needs to be intent to change. Descriptive name or label often used to exclude people. Universal definition: presumed behaviour that, defies social expectations, are made and enforced by people with influence (power, have been applied to particular people or groups i particular situations. Three characteristics of deviance: a universal phenomenon it"s everywhere, as a relative phenomenon macro, as a situational phenomenon micro. Scientific explanations: scientific methodology, objective, an effort to find a common element in all deviance, functionalism and all of its spin-offs, huge issue is the crime funnel. There are so many unreported crimes so stats on crime are stupid and make no sense.
