SOC212H1 Lecture : SOC212 Lec 1
Document Summary
Crime is punishable by law, deviance might not be punishable (ex: wearing an outrages. There isn"t a underlined concept of science 3000 years ago, more likely a person from the past will believe that frank (made up person) is a prophet. A lot of religious ideas originated a long time ago => not deviant, but mainstream ideas. Demolishing a building full of people (affects most people => most deviant?) While some consensus may form around definitions of deviance, it is often found in. Deviance is often temporally and culturally situated . so, how do you define. Common conditions determine what is normal or deviant. Most teens drink and commit crime, so non-drinking, non-criminal teens are deviant (huh?) => yes, it is abnormal => outside statistical range is deviant (being too tall, too short etc. ) Problematic => doesn"t look at the meaning or action of deviance => only.
