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Deviance

Deviance . Crime, Punishment, and Society. Deviance. The recognized violation of cultural norms Norms guide human activities – the concept of deviance is broad. Deviance is…. Its more than the matter of individual choice or personal failing . How a society defines deviance

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Deviance

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  1. Deviance Crime, Punishment, and Society

  2. Deviance • The recognized violation of cultural norms • Norms guide human activities – the concept of deviance is broad

  3. Deviance is… • Its more than the matter of individual choice or personal failing. • How a society defines deviance • Who is branded deviant • What people decide to do about deviance

  4. Categories of Deviance • Crime – the violation of society's formally enacted criminal laws • Minor traffic violations to sexual assault to murder

  5. Crime Two elements: • Act itself (or failure to act) • Intent (willful conduct to negligence) Types of Crime: • Crimes against the person • Murder, aggravated assault. rape • Crimes against property • Theft, arson, burglary • Victimless crimes • Prostitution, drug use, gambling

  6. Punishment • Social Control – attempts by society to regulate people’s thoughts and behavior • Informal – parents scold/praise their child • Criminal Justice System – a formal response by police, courts, and prison officials to alleged violations of the law

  7. Response Thermometer

  8. #1 • The US should continue to use the death penalty.

  9. #2 The death penalty stops criminals from committing crimes

  10. #3 The death penalty keeps people safe from future crimes

  11. 3 Analyses of Deviance • Structural-Functional Analysis • Symbolic-Interaction Analysis • Social-Conflict Analysis

  12. Robert Merton • Deviance is… a conscious choice • An individual who remains in their circumstances by their own free will instead of by force

  13. 1. Conformity • Individuals accept social norms and the means to obtain them

  14. 2. Innovation • Goals such as wealth and power are accepted by any means possible • Ex: insider trading for a stockbroker

  15. 3. Ritualism • Instead of accepting the goals and rejecting the means  a ritualistic deviant rejects the goal but accepts the means • Ex: hating your job but doing it

  16. 4. Retreatism • Combo of innovative and ritualistic deviance • Rejects both the goals of society and legitimate means of obtaining the goals • Ex: drug addicts, habitually unemployed people

  17. 5. Rebellion • Individuals that reject both the cultural means of society and the venues for obtaining them • Difference: they pursue alt. and seek to replace existing cultural norms • Ex: terrorists, gangs, revolutionaries

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