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Deviance- What is it?

Deviance- What is it?. Two Types of Deviance: any behavior that violates cultural norms. Social (informal) Unwritten norms/rules are broken. Criminal (formal) Enacted laws are broken. Conformity. Behavior that matches group expectations e.g. Come to work or school on time

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Deviance- What is it?

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  1. Deviance- What is it?

  2. Two Types of Deviance: any behavior that violates cultural norms Social (informal) • Unwritten norms/rules are broken Criminal (formal) Enacted laws are broken

  3. Conformity • Behavior that matches group expectations e.g. Come to work or school on time Use a fork to eat peas Don’t steal other people’s things

  4. Deviance • Deviance is the violation of social norms • A behavior that departs from societal or group norms • It can range from criminal behavior to wearing heavy make-up • It is difficult to define because not everyone agrees what should be considered deviant behavior

  5. Deviance • Some examples are clear cut—murder, robbery • Others acts vary from group to group and/or change over time e.g. Tattoos & body piercing are now common but 25 years ago it would have been deviant to have a tattoo or for a man to have pierced ears

  6. Deviance • A deviant is someone who has violated one or more of society’s highly valued norms • Reactions to deviants are usually negative & involve attempts to change or control the deviant behavior

  7. Deviance • Who decides who and what behavior is deviant? How? • Is deviance determined by the act or the individual?

  8. Social Control • Society uses Social Control to promote conformity to norms • Without Social Control, social life would be unpredictable and chaotic • Social Control can be internal or external

  9. Internal People have learned the social norms and believe that an action is wrong (socialization) e.g. Most people do not steal because they believe it is wrong not because they fear arrest External Some people are not successfully socialized and require external sanctions to encourage appropriate behavior e.g. Criticism, fines, and imprisonment, low grades, awards, Social Control

  10. . High School DevianceProject-25 pts Using SHS as your laboratory- you are going to identify and analyze how and why Formal And Informal deviant behavior occurs at your place of education. Directions: Part A- Go to the computer lab and create a powerpoint which lists 5 types of formal and informal deviant behaviors which you believe occurs at SHS. One Slide per. We will discuss these in class prior to going to the computer lab. - Go online to lifestyle pages and cut and paste at least one large visual depicting the behavior. It can be or random person, still scenes from tv and movies, etc. - For each slide , briefly discuss how prevalent this form of deviant behavior probably is at SHS Part B- Come to class next week to listen to Mr. McDonald discuss crime statistic rates at SHS. Part C- You will carry out a 3 day long observational study in which you identify/ quantify any/all INFORMAL deviant behavior which you actually SEE or can actually varify.

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