SOCI 120 Chapter 9: Ch. 9 Deviance
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Norms guide almost all of human activity, concept of deviance is broad. Crime: the violation of society"s formally enacted criminal law. *** deviance can be negative such as rule breaking or overly positive such as speaking up too much in class or being overly enthusiastic *** Deviant behavior makes the person an outsider. Deviance is not always a choice (elderly people can be deviant to the young, colored people. Criminal deviance is broad as well (from traf c violation to murder) deviant to whites, disabled) Social control: attempt by society to regulate people"s thoughts an behaviors, typically informal (when friends make fun of a choice, parents scold children) We are all subject to social control. *** deviance is the result of of unsuccessful socialization *** Containment theory: (reckless & dinitz) researchers had teachers classify 12 year old boys as likely or unlikely to have run ins with the law and then interviewed the boys and their parents, the.
