Deviance In The Theories Of Karl Marx And C Wright Mills

Deviance can be defined as not conforming to norms, which have been set by society. One theory suggests that the people who get to decide what is considered deviant are the wealthy. Karl Marx looked into that theory; C Wright Mills looked into the theory that the elite are more likely to get away with things because they can change the rules so that they themselves don’t get into as much trouble as other people. These theories seem to help each other because people who are elite tend to be wealthy as well. So in order for a person to change norms they have to be either wealthy, elite, or both. Different clusters of people have different norms set therefore what is considered deviant to each of those clusters of people will be different.