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Social construction of deviance. In the following slides, determine if what you see constitutes DEVIANCE. You may base your decision on: Behavoiur Beliefs Condition of the person. WHAT IS DEVIANCE?.
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In the following slides, determine if what you see constitutes DEVIANCE. • You may base your decision on: • Behavoiur • Beliefs • Condition of the person
WHAT IS DEVIANCE? • Any behaviour, belief or condition that violates significant social norms in the society or group in which it occurs • Interestingly – one who is considered “deviant” by one category of people may be seen as “conformist” in another group
WHO DEFINES DEVIANCE? • Common sense thinking • Inherent in certain kinds of behaviour or people • Sociologists • Formal property of social situations and structures • Deviance is relative – an act becomes deviant when it is defined as such
VARIATIONS IN DEVIANCE • Time to time • Place to place • Group to group • Degrees of seriousness
“Deviance is not a property inherent in certain forms of behaviour; it is a property conferred upon these forms by audiences which directly or indirectly witness them. The critical variable in the study of deviance is the social audience rather than the actor. • (Erikson 1964)