SOCI 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8.1-8.4: Travis Hirschi, Social Integration, Ho People
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8. 1 deviance and social control: deviance any violation of norms, any act to which people respond negatively, all violations of social rules regardless of their seriousness. What is deviant in one group may be conformist in another: (cid:862)it is (cid:374)ot the a(cid:272)t itself, (cid:271)ut the rea(cid:272)tio(cid:374)s to the a(cid:272)t, that (cid:373)ake so(cid:373)ethi(cid:374)g de(cid:448)ia(cid:374)t(cid:863) Howard s. becker: different groups have different norms. What is deviant to some is not deviant to others: crime violation of rules that have been written into law, the meaning of an act can change overtime, stigma characteristics that discredit people. Violations of norms of appearance (birthmarks, huge nose, etc. ) Involuntary memberships (aids, brother of a rapist: how norms make social life possible. Norms make social life possible by making behavior predictable. Must be able to expect what other people will do. Without norms, we would have social chaos. Deviance undermines predictability, the foundation of social life. Social control formal and informal means of enforcing norms.
