Sociology 2259 Midterm: Deviance Study Notes - Test #1
10 Jan 2013
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The systematic study of social norm violation that is subject to social sanction definition: three part process that happen someone has violated a rule informal law. Your caught someone sees you being deviant sanctioned informal or formal some type of reaction these steps are the social typing process. It has to do with the fact that we"re always comparing any behaviour to what is normal what is normal: normality implies that we share a common idea as to what is appropriate. Erich goode a key component of deviance is difference . When does different become deviant? function of society different ways to define deviance objectively as soon as it is subjective to suspicion/observation social control becomes a part of it, then the action becomes deviant. Underlying issue conflict if they didn"t serve a purpose, they wouldn"t be there. What are laws? both informal and forma ultimately are a list constantly changing.
