SOCI 210 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Arraignment, Value Over Replacement Player, Attachment Theory
14 Dec 2012
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Because norms are difference around the world, deviance is relative. It occurs not only when you break a norm, but when others have a negative reaction. Deviance occurs when someone departs from a norm and evokes a negative reaction from others, whereas crime is deviance that is against the law. A law is a norm stipulated and enforced by government bodies. Like deviance, crime is also relative nelson mandela, gandhi, martin luther. King jr. etc. were all doing something illegal whereas the nazis in germany were abiding by their laws. Sanctions: acts of deviance are punished either formally or informally, if noticed. Informal punishment involved a mild sanction that is imposed during face-to-face interaction, not by the judicial system (raised eyebrows, gossip, shaming, stigmatization). There are four types of deviance and crime: social diversions are minor acts of deviance that are generally perceived as relatively harmless and that evoke, at most, a mild societal reaction, such as amusement or disdain.
