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    a group of hoodlums who tote guns‚ sell drugs‚ and ruin neighborhoods as thugs‚ and gang members. These are things not tolerated or seen as good in society so it’s considered a violation of social norms. A street gang is group of people that form an allegiance based on various social needs and engage in acts that can cause harm to public health and safety. Members of street gangs engage in‚ or have engaged in gang-focused criminal activity either individually or as a group‚ they create and fear and

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    Charles Wingate Principles of Sociology Professor Ciliberto Paper #4 Deviance Deviance is the recognized violence of cultural norms. The concept of deviance is very broad because norms are what guide human activity. Deviant acts are known as crime‚ which is the violation of a society’s formally enacted criminal law. Criminal deviance varies from a wide range including minor traffic violations‚ and major violations such as robbery and murder. Society tries to regulate people’s thoughts and

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    The Objective/Subjective Dichotomy Objectivism: Deviance as an Act The assumption that there is something inherent in a person‚ behavior or characteristic that is necessarily deviant Statistical Rarity If a behavior or characteristic is not typical‚ it is deviant. Harm If an action causes harm‚ then it is deviant. Folkways: If you violate these norms you may be considered odd‚ rude or a troublemaker Mores: Those standards that are often seen as the foundation of morality in a culture

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    Deviance Deviance is defined as‚ “The recognized violation of cultural norms.” Deviance is an act of rebellion against a set of rules‚ and each society establishes different norms. Individuals are expected to follow a specific rule‚ and if broken they may be labeled as deviant. In many situations‚ breaking these laws and rules should not be acceptable but sometimes it is necessary. However‚ being defined as deviant isn’t always because

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    Introducing Deviance Within society there is culture and norms-principals‚ standards‚ and expectations. As people‚ we make up our society‚ setting goals and expectations for ourselves. When someone decides to venture past the norms of culture‚ this is called deviant behavior; essentially breaking the rules or the balance that society has developed. Theories are abstract thoughts derived on questions to help clarify problems such as deviance. This paper is designed to compare and contrast two theories

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    SOC/CHSS 1110 Lecture 8 Deviance Deviance: the recognized violation of cultural norms. e.g. crime Deviance calls for social control Deviance: (1) A Biological issue? (2) Personality factors? Reckless and Dinitz’s (1967) containment theory: strong moral standards and positive self-image delinquent X (3) social foundations of deviance: -varies according to cultural norms. -people become deviant as others define them that way. -both norms and the way people define rule-breaking involve

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    Deviance and Social Control On August 25‚ 2013 the world watched in disgust as celebrity Miley Cyrus twerked and gyrated on stage at the Video Music Awards Show. People caused a fuss over her back up dancers all being African American women with large derrieres‚ her twerking‚ pointing to her feminine area on her body‚ pushing her face in one of her dancers derriere while smacking it‚ grinding on a foam finger‚ and grinding on a married man. The sociological perspective on deviance is described

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    Deviance Deviance: Behavior that violates the standards of conduct or expectations of a group or society. However‚ different culture defines deviance differently. Same behavior can be defined as conformity for some culture but in contrast defined as obedience for other culture. * Example: Alcoholism (some society look it as an acceptable behavior but some society (Islamic) look it as deviance. Deviance involves the violation of group norms‚ which may or may not be formalized into law.

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    Deviance involves‚ to an extent‚ a degree of stigmatization of a sub-population. These social stigmas are positioned and sanctioned by the majority population on the basis of certain‚ and sometimes subtle‚ differences. As societies expand‚ various behaviours may be removed from abnormal categories‚ therefore altering the depiction of deviance in a society. For example‚ prior to 1972‚ it was considered a crime and socially deviant to be a homosexual. Eventually human rights became more relevant and

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    DEVIANCE Definition The recognized violation of cultural norms‚ rules and expectations. Can be criminal or non-criminal. Usually of sufficient severity to warrant disapproval from the majority of society. In sociology‚ “deviance” is not a term of negative judgement‚ but is meant to be descriptive. In psychology‚ studies link deviance to abnormal personality stemming from either biological or environmental causes. Rules and expectations concern appearance‚ manner‚ and conduct. Appearance (what

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